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Swedish
Etymology
mossa (“moss”) + -ig (“-y”)
Adjective
mossig (comparative mossigare, superlative mossigast)
- mossy (covered in moss)
en mossig sten- a mossy rock
- (figuratively) outdated, dull; musty
mossiga koloniala föreställningar om andra länder- musty colonial notions about other countries
en mossig ceremoni- a (dull) outdated ceremony
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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