besk.
having a strong, unpleasantly bitter or acrid taste
Meaning & usage
having a strong, unpleasantly bitter or acrid taste
Kaffen var sterk og besk.
biting, stinging, acrid or sharply unpleasant
bitter, sharp, painful or hurtful
Han svarte med besk ironi.
harsh, severe and unsympathetic or ruthless
Where this word comes from
Inherited from Old Norse beiskr (“biting, bitter”), from Proto-Germanic *baiskaz (“bitter, biting”), related to *bītaną (“to bite”), possibly through a lost verb *baiskijaną. Compare Norwegian Nynorsk beisk, Swedish besk, Danish besk, Icelandic beiskur and Faroese beiskur (“bitter, acrid”).
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