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cromulence

cromulence noun: acceptability, correctness.

Noun

cromulence (uncountable)

  1. (humorous, uncommon) Acceptability, correctness.
    • Results from a numerical simulation of a compression test are also presented in Figure 6 and serve as an initial indicator of the cromulence of the proposed model.2015, Cesar Ovalles, Carl Rechsteiner Jr, Analytical Methods in Petroleum Upstream Applications, page 1571
    • The material circumstances may raise questions as to the cromulence of this perspective, but the UK's elite appear, for the moment, to be as firmly committed to a Great Power role as they ever were under the Coalition.2021, Timothy Oliver, The Cameron–Clegg Coalition and Britain's Role in the World, page 199

Origin of cromulence

From cromulent + -ence.

Questions about cromulence

What does cromulence mean?
Cromulence means acceptability, correctness.
What part of speech is cromulence?
Cromulence is a noun.

Words near cromulence in the dictionary

  1. cromorne
  2. cromornes
  3. Crompton
  4. Cromptons
  5. Croms
  6. cromulence
  7. cromulent
  8. Cromwell
  9. Cromwell's rule
  10. Cromwellian
  11. Cromwellian chair

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