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sponditious

sponditious adjective: great, excellent.

Adjective

sponditious (comparative more sponditious, superlative most sponditious)

  1. (UK, rare, slang) great, excellent
    • All round, a totally sponditious game.1988, Tony Dillon, "Nightshade" (video game review) in Sinclair User (issue 70, page 91)

Forms of sponditious

comparativemore sponditious
superlativemost sponditious

Origin of sponditious

Popularised by the English comedian Lenny Henry with his Delbert Wilkins character.

Questions about sponditious

What does sponditious mean?
Sponditious means great, excellent.
What part of speech is sponditious?
Sponditious is an adjective.

Words near sponditious in the dictionary

  1. spondilodiskitis
  2. spondin
  3. spondins
  4. spondist
  5. spondists
  6. sponditious
  7. Spondon
  8. spondonical
  9. spondonicals
  10. spondonicle
  11. spondonicles

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