Equivalent to van- (“badly”) + vittig (“minded”) or rather vanvid (“insanity”) + -ig. After Middle Low German wanwittich, cf. also German wahnwitzig.
vanvittig (neuter vanvittigt, plural and definite singular attributive vanvittige)
positive | comparative | superlative | |
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indefinite common singular | vanvittig | vanvittigere | vanvittigst2 |
indefinite neuter singular | vanvittigt | vanvittigere | vanvittigst2 |
plural | vanvittige | vanvittigere | vanvittigst2 |
definite attributive1 | vanvittige | vanvittigere | vanvittigste |
1 When an adjective is applied predicatively to something definite,
the corresponding "indefinite" form is used.
2 The "indefinite" superlatives may not be used attributively.
vanvittig
Related to vanvidd
vanvittig (neuter singular vanvittig, definite singular and plural vanvittige)