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weaponous

weaponous adjective: like a weapon.

Adjective

weaponous (comparative more weaponous, superlative most weaponous)

  1. (nonstandard, rare) Like a weapon.
    • He would normally have ignored the screwdriver, but the way she clutched it made it suddenly look weaponous and deadly.1923, Valentine Durrant, Saul Weir
    • A little further on that, at the time this happened someone at my needlework Guild was ditching some bras so she ripped one open to find the wire and see what it was actually like. She is large breasted and indeed the wire was quite weaponous, though the ends had been rounded and smoothed off.2005, lucretia borgia, “Small scissors to be allowed on airplanes”, in rec.crafts.textiles.needlework (Usenet)

Forms of weaponous

comparativemore weaponous
superlativemost weaponous

Origin of weaponous

From weapon + -ous.

Questions about weaponous

What does weaponous mean?
Weaponous means like a weapon.
What part of speech is weaponous?
Weaponous is an adjective.

Words near weaponous in the dictionary

  1. weaponmakers
  2. weaponmaking
  3. weaponmaster
  4. weaponmasters
  5. Weaponness
  6. weaponous
  7. weaponproof
  8. weaponries
  9. weaponry
  10. weapons
  11. weapons effect

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