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frasmotic

/fɹæzˈmɔ.tɪk/

frasmotic adjective: very apologetic.

Adjective

frasmotic (comparative more frasmotic, superlative most frasmotic)

  1. (humorous) Very apologetic.
    • Oh, I'm sorry, sir. I'm anaspeptic, frasmotic, even compunctuous to have caused you such pericombobulation.1987 September 24, “Ink and Incapability”, in Blackadder The Third, episode 2, spoken by Edmund Blackadder (Rowan Atkinson)
    • Oh come now, I for one am quite phrasmotic for the pericombobulation Paul has suffered, and can only wish that in future he will have the sense to complete his assignments more interphrastically.2000 February 16, Steven Megson, “Book Review”, in alt.fan.pratchett (Usenet)

Forms of frasmotic

comparativemore frasmotic
superlativemost frasmotic
alternative formphrasmotic

Origin of frasmotic

From a 1987 episode of the British television comedy Blackadder, in which Dr. Samuel Johnson boasts about his newly completed dictionary containing every word in the English language. Blackadder subsequently uses a number of newly-invented words to perplex him: "I'm anaspeptic, frasmotic, even compunctuous to have caused you such pericombobulation."

Questions about frasmotic

What does frasmotic mean?
Frasmotic means very apologetic.
What part of speech is frasmotic?
Frasmotic is an adjective.
How do you pronounce frasmotic?
Frasmotic is pronounced /fɹæzˈmɔ.tɪk/.

Words near frasmotic in the dictionary

  1. Frasier
  2. Frasier syndrome
  3. Frasin
  4. frasiwassent
  5. frasiwassist
  6. frasmotic
  7. Frasne
  8. Frasnian
  9. frass
  10. frassed
  11. frasser

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