hedersknyffel

== Swedish == === Etymology === From heder (“honor”) +‎ -s- +‎ knyffel, used since 1834. The word knyffel possibly originates from karnyffel/karnibel/karnobel (“a mean person”), from Danish karniffel and German Karnüffel, a card game and the jack in a deck of cards. === Noun === hedersknyffel c (dated, humorous) a jolly good fellow, a regular trump, a really nice person ==== Declension ==== ==== Synonyms ==== hedersman === References === “hedersknyffel”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish) “hedersknyffel”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish) hedersknyffel in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)