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contraptious

contraptious adjective: characteristic of a contraption; complicated and precarious.

Adjective

contraptious (comparative more contraptious, superlative most contraptious)

  1. Characteristic of a contraption; complicated and precarious.
    • With this rest it is possible to keep the contraptious old gun still for a minute.1914, Lathan Augustus Crandall, Days in the Open, page 28

Forms of contraptious

comparativemore contraptious
superlativemost contraptious

Questions about contraptious

What does contraptious mean?
Contraptious means characteristic of a contraption; complicated and precarious.
What part of speech is contraptious?
Contraptious is an adjective.

Words near contraptious in the dictionary

  1. contraproposals
  2. contrapsin
  3. contrapsins
  4. contraption
  5. contraptions
  6. contraptious
  7. contrapunctal
  8. contrapuncti
  9. contrapunctus
  10. contrapuntal
  11. contrapuntalism

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