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rossig.

big

6 characters2 syllables approx.Svenska language

Meaning & usage

adj

  1. big burly, big-boned (large and muscular, but not obese) etc

    Southern · dialectal
    Det var en rossig jävel på gymmet idag, rena pendlar till armar.
    En rossig sjöman med tatueringar över båda armarna.

  2. big buff, jacked

    broadly
Where this word comes from

Probably related to Norwegian røslig, Norwegian Nynorsk røseleg, rausleg (“big, powerful, burly”), analog to Old Norse hrøsniligr, from Old Norse rausn (“pride”), to the same root as Swedish rosa, Old Norse hrósa (“to praise, boast”). Potentially also related to rosande in the sense of “hotheaded, livid”.

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