buitenissig
Dutch
Etymology
Coined in 1868 by Eduard Douwes Dekker (Multatuli) as buiten (“outside”) + is (“is”, 3rd person singular of zijn, “to be”) + -ig (“-y”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌbœy̯.təˈnɪ.səx/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: bui‧te‧nis‧sig
Adjective
buitenissig (comparative buitenissiger, superlative buitenissigst)
- extravagant, weird, eccentric
- tawdry, obtrusive, cloying
Inflection
| Inflection of buitenissig | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| uninflected | buitenissig | |||
| inflected | buitenissige | |||
| comparative | buitenissiger | |||
| positive | comparative | superlative | ||
| predicative/adverbial | buitenissig | buitenissiger | het buitenissigst het buitenissigste | |
| indefinite | m./f. sing. | buitenissige | buitenissigere | buitenissigste |
| n. sing. | buitenissig | buitenissiger | buitenissigste | |
| plural | buitenissige | buitenissigere | buitenissigste | |
| definite | buitenissige | buitenissigere | buitenissigste | |
| partitive | buitenissigs | buitenissigers | — | |