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attitudinous

attitudinous adjective: having a bold and possibly unfriendly attitude; sassy.

Adjective

attitudinous (comparative more attitudinous, superlative most attitudinous)

  1. (informal) Having a bold and possibly unfriendly attitude; sassy.
    • As pageants go, this one was short (about four blocks, one hour) and friendly in a fringey, attitudinous way.2007 September 10, Holland Cotter, “The Creative Spirit, Strolling Through SoHo With Its Fringe Flying”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 20 Jan 2022

Forms of attitudinous

comparativemore attitudinous
superlativemost attitudinous

Origin of attitudinous

From Italian attitudine + -ous, from Latin aptitūdin- + -ous, from oblique stem of Latin aptitūdō, from aptus + -tūdō. By surface analysis, attitude + -ous.

Questions about attitudinous

What does attitudinous mean?
Attitudinous means having a bold and possibly unfriendly attitude; sassy.
What part of speech is attitudinous?
Attitudinous is an adjective.

Words near attitudinous in the dictionary

  1. attitudinizer
  2. attitudinizers
  3. attitudinizes
  4. attitudinizing
  5. attitudinizings
  6. attitudinous
  7. attitudy
  8. Attiwandaronk
  9. Attiwendaronk
  10. attiéké
  11. Attkisson

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