stirrig

Swedish

Etymology

stirra (“stare”) +‎ -ig (“-y”)

Adjective

stirrig (comparative stirrigare, superlative stirrigast)

  1. upset or nervous (and scatterbrained as a result), jumpy, twitchy

Usage notes

Think someone jittery with a staring look on their face.

Declension
Inflection of stirrig
Indefinite Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular stirrig stirrigare stirrigast
Neuter singular stirrigt stirrigare stirrigast
Plural stirriga stirrigare stirrigast
Masculine plural3 stirrige stirrigare stirrigast
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 stirrige stirrigare stirrigaste
All stirriga stirrigare stirrigaste
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.
2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
3) Dated or archaic

References
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