hispig

== Swedish == === Etymology === From hispa (“mental asylum”) +‎ -ig (“-y”), from Tavringer Romani hispa (“small house, cottage”), probably a borrowing from Slovene jìspa (“small house, cottage”) or some other Slavic language. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /²hɪspɪ(ɡ)/ Rhymes: -²ɪspɪɡ, -²ɪspɪ === Adjective === hispig (comparative hispigare, superlative hispigast) (colloquial, of a person) experiencing a fit of anxiety or prone to experiencing fits of anxiety, "hysterical" (colloquial, of a person) scatterbrained, crazy Synonym: vimsig ==== Declension ==== === References === hispig in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL) Gerd Carling (2005), “hispig”, in Romani i svenskan: Storstadsslang och standardspråk, Stockholm: Carlsson, →ISBN, page 82