melig

Dutch

Etymology

From meel (“flour”) +‎ -ig (“-y”).

Pronunciation
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Adjective

melig (comparative meliger, superlative meligst)

  1. mealy
  2. (chiefly Belgium) hokey, sappy, cheesy
    Synonym: klef
  3. being bored (and) silly, cheerful (of mood)
    Zij is in een melige bui vandaag. Geen wonder, ze verveelt zich te pletter.
    She is in a silly cheerful mood today. Little surprise, she is bored stiff

Inflection
Inflection of melig
uninflected melig
inflected melige
comparative meliger
positive comparative superlative
predicative/adverbial meligmeligerhet meligst
het meligste
indefinite m./f. sing. meligemeligeremeligste
n. sing. meligmeligermeligste
plural meligemeligeremeligste
definite meligemeligeremeligste
partitive meligsmeligers—

Derived terms
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