ettrig

Swedish

etter (“venom, poison”) +‎ -ig (“-y”). Cognate of English attery.

ettrig (comparative ettrigare, superlative ettrigast)

energetic and annoyingly intrusive (and stubborn and (somewhat) angry); tenacious, energetic, angry, feisty
ettriga mygg
mosquitoes that just won't bloody quit

The intuition is of someone/something energetic (and usually angry) that won't go away.

Inflection of ettrig
Indefinite	Positive	Comparative	Superlative²
Common singular	ettrig	ettrigare	ettrigast
Neuter singular	ettrigt	ettrigare	ettrigast
Plural	ettriga	ettrigare	ettrigast
Masculine plural³	ettrige	ettrigare	ettrigast
Definite	Positive	Comparative	Superlative
Masculine singular¹	ettrige	ettrigare	ettrigaste
All	ettriga	ettrigare	ettrigaste
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

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