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Swedish
Adjective
snofsig (comparative snofsigare, superlative snofsigast)
- (colloquial) fancy, fancy-schmancy
ett snofsigt hotell- a fancy-schmancy hotel
en snofsig titel- a fancy-schmancy title
en snofsig hatt- a fancy hat
Usage notes
- Not always negative, like how fancy-schmancy might be used ironically.
- Sometimes more towards snobbish or haughty when describing people. "Fancy" in demeanor.
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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