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-tacular

-tacular suffix: used to form adjectives denoting some type of exceptionality.

Suffix

-tacular

  1. (ironic, often, slang) Used to form adjectives denoting some type of exceptionality.
    • Sound bites from reporters said, “Miley Cyrus’s JAW-DROPPING TWERK-a-thon,” the “twerk-tacular,” “twerk-and-tongue work,” in the “twerk seen ’round the world!”2016, Jacqueline Warwick, Allison Adrian, editors, Voicing Girlhood in Popular Music, Routledge, →ISBN

Synonyms of -tacular

Origin of -tacular

Rebracketing of spectacular.

Questions about -tacular

What does -tacular mean?
-tacular means used to form adjectives denoting some type of exceptionality.
What part of speech is -tacular?
-tacular is a suffix.

Words near -tacular in the dictionary

  1. -styly
  2. -sy
  3. -t
  4. -tacism
  5. -tactic
  6. -tacular
  7. -tadine
  8. -tainment
  9. -tan
  10. -tant
  11. -taph

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