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eljest

eljest

Swedish

Adverb

eljest

  1. (dated) or else, otherwise

Usage notes

  • The use of eljest as an adjective (meaning: strange, different, eccentric) is a local peculiarity in the far north of Sweden.
  • Recommendations against the use of this word in legal prose, together with suggested replacements, are found in Svarta listan : Ord och fraser som kan ersättas i författningsspråk (4th ed., 2011), published by the government of Sweden.