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bogosity

bogosity noun: the state or degree of being bogus.

Noun

bogosity (countable and uncountable, plural bogosities)

  1. (humorous) The state or degree of being bogus.
    • When they both had commented sourly and at length about the inflated bogosity of tourist hotel food and particularly the mendacious misuse of the English language to describe materials which had certainly been in various deep-freezes for at least six months, they settled down on the balcony to...1961, Ian Fleming, Thunderball
  2. (countable, humorous) Something that is bogus.

Forms of bogosity

pluralbogosities

Origin of bogosity

From bogus (“fake, phony”) + -osity.

Words formed from bogosity

Questions about bogosity

What does bogosity mean?
Bogosity means the state or degree of being bogus.
What part of speech is bogosity?
Bogosity is a noun.
What is the plural of bogosity?
The plural of bogosity is bogosities.

Words near bogosity in the dictionary

  1. Bogosav
  2. bogosi
  3. Bogosian
  4. Bogosians
  5. bogosities
  6. bogosity
  7. Bogoslav
  8. bogosort
  9. Bogost
  10. Bogota
  11. Bogota bag

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