machiavellisk

Swedish

Etymology

Named after Italian diplomat Niccolò Machiavelli, suffixed with -isk. Attested since the 1630s.

Adjective

machiavellisk (comparative mer machiavellisk, superlative mest machiavellisk)

  1. Machiavellian

Declension
Inflection of machiavellisk
Indefinite Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular machiavellisk mer machiavellisk mest machiavellisk
Neuter singular machiavelliskt mer machiavelliskt mest machiavelliskt
Plural machiavelliska mer machiavelliska mest machiavelliska
Masculine plural3 machiavelliske mer machiavelliska mest machiavelliska
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 machiavelliske mer machiavelliske mest machiavelliske
All machiavelliska mer machiavelliska mest machiavelliska
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.
2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
3) Dated or archaic

References
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