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Swedish
Etymology
Compare Norwegian Nynorsk fjollete.
Adjective
fjollig (comparative fjolligare, superlative fjolligast)
- (often derogatory, of a man or boy) effeminate
- Synonym: (without inherent connotations) feminin
- (derogatory, usually of a man or boy) cowardly or weak, regardless of other personal characteristics (through implications of unmasculinity)
- (archaic, usually of a young woman) ditzy (silly or scatterbrained)
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.
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