smällfet

Swedish

Etymology

smäll (“boom”) +‎ fet (“fat”). Attested since the 1740s. Likely originated in describing animals, as in "so fat that its flesh makes a loud noise when struck". Compare origin of smäckfet.

Adjective

smällfet (not comparable)

  1. (colloquial) obese

Declension

Inflection of smällfet
Indefinite positive comparative superlative1
common singular smällfet — —
neuter singular smällfett — —
plural smällfeta — —
masculine plural2 smällfete — —
Definite positive comparative superlative
masculine singular3 smällfete — —
all smällfeta — —

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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