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asterperious

/ˌæstə(ɹ)ˈpɪəɹi.əs/

asterperious is the alternative spelling of astorperious.

Meaning of astorperious

Adjective

astorperious (comparative more astorperious, superlative most astorperious)

  1. (US, dated, rare, slang, African-American Vernacular) stuck up; haughty
    • Too blamed astorperious. I just don't pay you no mind. Lay de skin on me!1942, Zora Neale Hurston, A story in Harlem slang

Forms of asterperious

comparativemore asterperious
superlativemost asterperious
alternative formastorperious

Origin of asterperious

After the Astor family.

Questions about asterperious

What is asterperious the alternative spelling of?
Asterperious is the alternative spelling of astorperious.
How do you pronounce asterperious?
Asterperious is pronounced /ˌæstə(ɹ)ˈpɪəɹi.əs/.

Words near asterperious in the dictionary

  1. asterostromelloid
  2. Asteroth
  3. asterozoa
  4. asterozoan
  5. asterozoans
  6. asterperious
  7. asterriquinone
  8. asterriquinones
  9. asters
  10. asterseismology
  11. asterwort

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Adapted from Wiktionary: asterperious (page history and authors); astorperious (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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