ostrobogulous
Syllables: os·tro·bog·u·lousUK/ˌɒs.tɹəʊˈbɒɡ.jʊ.ləs//ˌɑs.tɹəˈbɑɡ.jə.ləs/
ostrobogulous adjective: slightly risqué or indecent; bizarre, interesting, or unusual.
Adjective
ostrobogulous (comparative more ostrobogulous, superlative most ostrobogulous)
- Slightly risqué or indecent; bizarre, interesting, or unusual.
- "The Beast and the Devil tried to hold a serious business conversation, but Vickybird kept chipping in with questions of a purely 'ostrobogulous'* nature until Crowley became so enraged that he turned Vickybird into a zebra, rode him into a zoo, where he remained for two years before regaining...1951, Arthur Calder-Marshall, The magic of my youth, R. Hart-Davis, 1951, →ISBN, page 31
- A tissue of ostrobogulous lies, he calls them.1982, Charles Richard Johnson, Oxherding
Forms of ostrobogulous
| comparative | more ostrobogulous |
|---|---|
| superlative | most ostrobogulous |
Questions about ostrobogulous
- What does ostrobogulous mean?
- Ostrobogulous means slightly risqué or indecent; bizarre, interesting, or unusual.
- What part of speech is ostrobogulous?
- Ostrobogulous is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce ostrobogulous?
- Ostrobogulous is pronounced /ˌɒs.tɹəʊˈbɒɡ.jʊ.ləs/ (UK).
Words near ostrobogulous in the dictionary
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