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.

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