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Swedish
Etymology
Compound of lunga (“lung”) + blöt (“wet”). First attested in 1880
Adjective
lungblöt (comparative lungblötare, superlative lungblötast)
- (dated) synonym of lungvåt (“drenched, soaked”)
1837 January 27, “Teater-Bulletin ”, in Freja, page 2:Då instörtar lärgossen, den unga flickans bror och det gamla fruntimrets sonson, lungblöt, utan en torr tråd på kroppen, drypande af vatten som en takränna.- Suddenly, the apprentice, who is the young maiden's brother and the elderly lady's grandson, bursts in, drenched to the bone, not a dry thread on him, dripping with water like a gutter.
1986 January 1, Bonniers litterära magasin, page 43: hud kommer i onödig kontakt med de lungblöta och iskalla kläderna.- skin comes into unnecessary contact with the wet and icy clothes.
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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