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frumious

frumious adjective: extremely angry.

Adjective

frumious (comparative more frumious, superlative most frumious)

  1. Extremely angry.

Forms of frumious

comparativemore frumious
superlativemost frumious

Origin of frumious

Blend of fuming + furious, coined by British author and scholar Lewis Carroll in the poem Jabberwocky (1871).

Questions about frumious

What does frumious mean?
Frumious means extremely angry.
What part of speech is frumious?
Frumious is an adjective.

Words near frumious in the dictionary

  1. frumentations
  2. frumenties
  3. frumenty
  4. frumerty
  5. frumgild
  6. frumious
  7. frumish
  8. frumka
  9. frumkeit
  10. frummer
  11. frummers

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