obuncous
/əˈbʌŋ.kəs/
obuncous adjective: crooked; bent.
Adjective
obuncous (comparative more obuncous, superlative most obuncous)
- Crooked; bent.
- Being easily exsuscitated, and an amnicolist fond of inescating fish and broggling, with an ineluctable desire for the amolition of care, I took a punt and descended the river in a snithy gale. The water being smooth, I felt I could venture with incolumity, as I was familiar with the obuncous river.1893 December, Samuel Conkey, “An Adventure with a Hackee”, in St. Nicholas, volume XXI, number 2, page 185
- Speaking of the garbage problem, why not incinerate some of our obuncous politicians?1916 December 16, “Perspective Impressions”, in Town Talk, volume XXVIII, number 1269, San Francisco, page 6
Examples of obuncous in a sentence
- Obuncous stake sweating the desk / In winter / For that matter, the ashen morning of loss2010 January, Brenda IIjima, “Panthering”, in If Not Metamorphic, Ahsahta Press, page 113:
- The rabble became obuncous towards the poet's scribbiling.–2013, Lexmilian S. R. B. de Mello, Percarus, [self-published through Xlibris]:
Forms of obuncous
| comparative | more obuncous |
|---|---|
| superlative | most obuncous |
Origin of obuncous
Borrowed from Latin obuncus.
Questions about obuncous
- What does obuncous mean?
- Obuncous means crooked; bent.
- How do you use obuncous in a sentence?
- Obuncous stake sweating the desk / In winter / For that matter, the ashen morning of loss
- What part of speech is obuncous?
- Obuncous is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce obuncous?
- Obuncous is pronounced /əˈbʌŋ.kəs/.
Words near obuncous in the dictionary
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