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anaspeptic

/æn.əsˈpɛp.tɪk/

anaspeptic adjective: very distressed.

Adjective

anaspeptic (comparative more anaspeptic, superlative most anaspeptic)

  1. (humorous) Very distressed.
    • I am frasmotic, not to mention anaspeptic, at the thought of Ireland facing him next week 😐2020 April 14, Andy McGeady (@andymcgeady), Twitter

Forms of anaspeptic

comparativemore anaspeptic
superlativemost anaspeptic

Origin of anaspeptic

Blend of ana- + dyspeptic. From a 1987 episode of the British television comedy Blackadder, in which Dr. Samuel Johnson boasts about his newly completed dictionary containing every word in the English language. Blackadder subsequently uses a number of newly-invented words to perplex him: "I'm anaspeptic, frasmotic, even compunctuous to have caused you such pericombobulation."

Questions about anaspeptic

What does anaspeptic mean?
Anaspeptic means very distressed.
What part of speech is anaspeptic?
Anaspeptic is an adjective.
How do you pronounce anaspeptic?
Anaspeptic is pronounced /æn.əsˈpɛp.tɪk/.

Words near anaspeptic in the dictionary

  1. anascans
  2. anascopic
  3. anaseismic
  4. anasheed
  5. anaspalin
  6. anaspeptic
  7. anaspidacean
  8. anaspidaceans
  9. anaspidean
  10. anaspideans
  11. anaspidid

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