skenhelig

== Swedish == === Etymology === Calque of German scheinheilig, itself after Dutch schijnheilig. By surface analysis, sken (“appearance”) +‎ helig (“holy”). Compare Danish skinhellig, Norwegian skinnhellig. === Adjective === skenhelig (comparative skenheligare, superlative skenheligast) sanctimonious (hypocritically pious) ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== skenhelighet ==== See also ==== hycklare === References === “skenhelig”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish) “skenhelig”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish) “skenhelig”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)