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skulduggerous

Syllables: skul·dug·ger·ousUK/skʌlˈdʌɡəɹəs/US/ˌskʌlˈdʌɡəɹəs/

skulduggerous adjective: involving skulduggery; tricky, underhand.

Adjective

skulduggerous (comparative more skulduggerous, superlative most skulduggerous)

  1. (rare) Involving skulduggery; tricky, underhand.
    • You feel slimy and skulduggerous. You feel nervous that they'll return unexpectedly and catch you at something nefarious, even if the someone is in jail.2010 [1997], Stephen Greenleaf, Past Tense, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN, page 47
    • I wanted to sully the hedgehog's pudsy, fuddlesome reputation and discover that the females were somehow harlots and the males were skulduggerous peddlers of filth.2014, Jules Howard, “The Greatest Story Never Told” (chapter 12), in Sex on Earth: A Celebration of Animal Reproduction, New York City: Bloomsbury Publishing, →ISBN, page 215

Examples of skulduggerous in a sentence

  • A number of skulduggerous means were used, including hoarding its rival's banknotes.2015, Ian Fraser, Shredded: Inside RBS: The Bank that Broke Britain, Birlinn, →ISBN:
  • This skulduggerous, dashing lineage was reflected in the elusive, allusive poetry of some of their names: the Society of the Families; the Society of Seasons; the Leage of the Proscribed.2022, China Miéville, chapter 2, in A Spectre, Haunting: On the Communist Manifesto, →OCLC:

Forms of skulduggerous

comparativemore skulduggerous
superlativemost skulduggerous
alternative formskullduggerous

Origin of skulduggerous

From skulduggery + -ous.

Questions about skulduggerous

What does skulduggerous mean?
Skulduggerous means involving skulduggery; tricky, underhand.
How do you use skulduggerous in a sentence?
A number of skulduggerous means were used, including hoarding its rival's banknotes.
What part of speech is skulduggerous?
Skulduggerous is an adjective.
How do you pronounce skulduggerous?
Skulduggerous is pronounced /skʌlˈdʌɡəɹəs/ (UK).

Words near skulduggerous in the dictionary

  1. skulduggerers
  2. skulduggeries
  3. skulduggering
  4. skulduggerist
  5. skulduggerists
  6. skulduggerous
  7. skulduggers
  8. skulduggery
  9. skule
  10. skules
  11. Skulic

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