kuriøsk

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Danish

Adjective

kuriøsk (neuter kuriøskt, plural and definite singular attributive kuriøske, comparative mere kuriøsk, superlative (predicative) mest kuriøsk, superlative (attributive) mest kuriøske)

  1. (obsolete) curious, strange
    • 2016, Ludvig Holberg, Erasmus Montanus, Lindhardt og Ringhof, →ISBN:
      MONTANUS Det kommer deraf, at når månen er voksen til, klipper man stykker af den for at gøre stjerner af. JESPER Det er min tro kuriøskt. Jeg vidste det min tro ikke tilforn.
      MONTANUS It comes from the fact that when the moon has grown large, pieces of it are cut of to make stars with. JESPER That is indeed weird. I indeed did not know that before.
    • 1876, Dramatiske Arbeider ... Femte Samling, page 6:
      ... han er en kuriøsk Mand, Hr. Inspecteur; ...
      ... he is a curious man, Mr inspector; ...
    • 1722, Ludvig Holberg, Den politiske kandestøber:
      ... thi han er bleven forbandet kuriøsk ...
      ... for he has become damn strange ...