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ombliferous

ombliferous adjective: a nonsense word of vague negative connotation.

Adjective

ombliferous (comparative more ombliferous, superlative most ombliferous)

  1. A nonsense word of vague negative connotation.
    • There was an old person of Crete,
      Whose toilet was far from complete,
      She dressed in a sack
      Spickle-speckled with black,
      That ombliferous old person of Crete.1846, Edward Lear, The Book of Nonsense
    • The Corporation of Western Reserve University, with entire unanimity and ombliferous enthusiasm, made you to-day an LL. D. It is no small shakes of a hayseed College, I would have you know.1892, John Hay, Letters of John Hay and Extracts From Diary, volume II, published 1969, page 241

Forms of ombliferous

comparativemore ombliferous
superlativemost ombliferous

Origin of ombliferous

Coined by British comic writer Edward Lear.

Questions about ombliferous

What does ombliferous mean?
Ombliferous means a nonsense word of vague negative connotation.
What part of speech is ombliferous?
Ombliferous is an adjective.

Words near ombliferous in the dictionary

  1. omber
  2. Ombersley
  3. ombiasy
  4. ombibulous
  5. ombitasvir
  6. ombliferous
  7. ombre
  8. ombrella
  9. ombrellas
  10. ombres
  11. ombres chinoises

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