disgusterous

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adjective

disgusting

First used 1980sScrabble 14

Meanings

adjectivedisgusterous (comparative more disgusterous, superlative most disgusterous)

comparative more disgusterous · superlative most disgusterous

  1. raredisgustingFirst known use 1980s

    We were inundated with thousands of disgusterous entries!

    2017, Revolting Rhymers: Competition Winners, →ISBN
    3 more examples

    'That is the most disgusterous taste that is ever touching my teeth!'

    1982, Roald Dahl, BFG

    Phosphor bronze is the most disgusterous stuff that has ever been employed for the purpose of springing keys; not only does it degrade quickly over the years but it also breaks easily, usually flush with the pillar.

    1994, Clarinet and Saxophone - Volume 19, page 36

    Some of the high-born English ladies could be as familiar in matters of love as the Duke: "horrid Charlotte Greville," condemned Charles Percy from Paris in 1815, “makes the most filthy & disgusterous love to the Duke of Wellington, sitting on his knee, patting his head & wrinkling her face into lascivious smiles."

    2012, Jehanne Wake, Sisters of Fortune: America's Caton Sisters at Home and Abroad, →ISBN

Origin

Coined by British author Roald Dahl. Modeled after disgusting and perhaps preposterous.

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APA

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Chicago

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