oförblommerad

Swedish

Etymology

o- +‎ förblommerad, the latter compound the past participle of rare förblommera, from Middle Low German vorblômen, vorblûmen, meaning "garnish with flowers". Compare Danish uforblommet, German unverblümt, English unflourished.

Adjective

oförblommerad (not comparable)

  1. unvarnished, direct
    Han framförde sin oförblommerade mening
    He expressed his unvarnished opinion
  2. undisguised
    Han såg på dem med oförblommerad avsky
    He looked at them with undisguised disgust

Declension

Inflection of oförblommerad
Indefinite positive comparative superlative1
common singular oförblommerad — —
neuter singular oförblommerat — —
plural oförblommerade — —
masculine plural2 oförblommerade — —
Definite positive comparative superlative
masculine singular3 oförblommerade — —
all oförblommerade — —

1 The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
2 Dated or archaic.
3 Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.

References

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