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Swedish
Etymology
fån (“halfwit”) + -ig
Adjective
fånig (comparative fånigare, superlative fånigast)
- (informal) silly (in more of a laughable than amusing way), ridiculous
- Synonyms: fjantig, larvig
Declension
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.
Derived terms
See also
- befängd (“preposterous, ridiculous”)
- tramsig (“lacking in seriousness”)
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