scandiculous
scandiculous adjective: scandalous and ridiculous.
Adjective
scandiculous (comparative more scandiculous, superlative most scandiculous)
- Scandalous and ridiculous.
- Thursday I wrote a scandiculous note to Rebecca [Barbour].1852 November 27, Ann McMath, edited by C. Stewart Doty, The Journal of Ann McMath: An Orphan in a New York Parsonage in the 1850s, Albany, N.Y.: Excelsior Editions, published 2011, →ISBN, page 78
- Yes, she is another pretty subject for contemplation. It is perfectly scandiculous to think of how she has been with the army all the way from Ypsilanti, been right in camp all the time, doing no good (which she might if she had only kept herself in the right place, the Hospital), not even cooking...1863 January 9, Donald W. Disbrow, quoting Mrs. Nixon, “Vett Noble of Ypsilanti: A Clerk for General Sherman”, in John T. Hubbell, editor, Civil War History, volume XIV, number 1, Iowa City, I.A....
Examples of scandiculous in a sentence
- Yes, I know that sounds scandiculous and I suppose if I had tried it his toe head would have disappeared over the hills as if something worse than small pox was after him.1911 March 13, Elizabeth Corey, edited by Philip L. Gerber, Bachelor Bess: The Homesteading Letters of Elizabeth Corey, 1909–1919, Iowa...
- Obie Fugate ses that hit's scandiculous the way he carries on and Preacher Paul that he has 'a hard heart and a reprobated mind'."1921, Eliot H[arlow] Robinson, Smiling Pass: Being a Further Account of the Career of "Smiles": a Rose of the Cumberlands, Boston, M.A....
- My mom(67) just called my baby brother(19months) scandiculous!!2010 July 12, @michelle4real, Twitter (post), archived from the original on 30 Dec 2025:
- [Tyler Oliveira:] Has it always been that way? [Interviewee:] Always been scandiculous, ain't no doubt about that, you gotta know that.2025 December 2, Tyler Oliveira, “I Investigated the Murder Capital of America...”, in YouTube (video):
Forms of scandiculous
| comparative | more scandiculous |
|---|---|
| superlative | most scandiculous |
Origin of scandiculous
Blend of scandalous + ridiculous.
Questions about scandiculous
- What does scandiculous mean?
- Scandiculous means scandalous and ridiculous.
- How do you use scandiculous in a sentence?
- Yes, I know that sounds scandiculous and I suppose if I had tried it his toe head would have disappeared over the hills as if something worse than small pox was after him.
- What part of speech is scandiculous?
- Scandiculous is an adjective.
Words near scandiculous in the dictionary
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