contraptious

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adjective

Characteristic of a contraption; complicated and precarious.

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Meanings

adjectivecontraptious (comparative more contraptious, superlative most contraptious)

comparative more contraptious · superlative most contraptious

  1. Characteristic of a contraption; complicated and precarious.

    With this rest it is possible to keep the contraptious old gun still for a minute.

    1914, Lathan Augustus Crandall, Days in the Open, page 28
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APA

contraptious. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/contraptious

MLA

“contraptious.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/contraptious. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “contraptious,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/contraptious.

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