pekoral

Swedish

FWOTD – 17 February 2013

Etymology

Attested since 1796 according to Svenska Akademiens ordbok. From pecoralis ("of the cattle"), from pecus ("cattle").

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pekʊrˈɑːl/

Noun

pekoral n

  1. A text written in a grandiloquent or pompous style but lacking literary quality, thus making it seem overly pretentious or ridiculous.
    Hennes dikter om ängsblommor var ett klockrent pekoral.
    Her poems about meadow flowers were pure pretentious twaddle.

Declension

Declension of pekoral
nominative genitive
singular indefinite pekoral pekorals
definite pekoralet pekoralets
plural indefinite pekoral pekorals
definite pekoralen pekoralens

Quotations

  • For quotations using this term, see Citations:pekoral.

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