fnoskig

== Swedish == === Etymology === Unknown. Attested since 1888. Arguably related to Old Swedish fnusker (“crazy”), possibly to dialectal fnusk (“mouldy [wood]”). Compare origin of fnöske, fnas (“husk”), Old Norse fnjóskr (“touchwood”). === Adjective === fnoskig (comparative fnoskigare, superlative fnoskigast) (colloquial) silly, crazy ==== Declension ==== === References === “fnoskig”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish) “fnoskig”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish) “fnoskig”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish) fnoskig in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)