sedeslös

Swedish

Etymology

sed (“(implied good) custom”) +‎ -lös (“-less”). The middle s and e is by analogy to orkeslös, vårdslös, samvetslös, and so on. Compare Danish sædeløs, Norwegian sedeløs, sedløs, Old Norse siðlauss, German sittenlos.

Adjective

sedeslös (comparative mer sedeslös, superlative mest sedeslös)

  1. (sexually) immoral; debauched, profligate, etc.

Declension

Inflection of sedeslös
Indefinite positive comparative superlative1
common singular sedeslös mer sedeslös mest sedeslös
neuter singular sedeslöst mer sedeslöst mest sedeslöst
plural sedeslösa mer sedeslösa mest sedeslösa
masculine plural2 sedeslöse mer sedeslösa mest sedeslösa
Definite positive comparative superlative
masculine singular3 sedeslöse mer sedeslöse mest sedeslöse
all sedeslösa mer sedeslösa mest sedeslösa

1 The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
2 Dated or archaic.
3 Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.

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