Meanings
adjectivefrumious (comparative more frumious, superlative most frumious)
comparative more frumious · superlative most frumious
- Extremely angry.
Origin
Blend of fuming + furious, coined by British author and scholar Lewis Carroll in the poem Jabberwocky (1871).
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APA
frumious. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/frumious
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“frumious.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/frumious. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “frumious,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/frumious.
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