stomachous

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adjective

Bitter, resentful.

OriginLatin stomachōsus →
Scrabble 17
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Meanings

adjectivestomachous (comparative more stomachous, superlative most stomachous)

comparative more stomachous · superlative most stomachous

  1. obsoleteBitter, resentful.

    By this that ſtraunger knight in preſence came, / And goodly ſalued them; who nought againe / Him anſwered, as courteſie became, / But with ſterne lookes, and ſtomachous diſdaine, / Gaue ſignes of grudge and diſcontentment vaine: […]

    1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book II, Canto VIII”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC, stanza 23, page 297

Origin

  1. Latinstomachōsus
  2. Englishstomachous

From Latin stomachōsus, from stomachus (“stomach”). By surface analysis, stomach (“irritation; malice, ill-will, spite; vexation”) + -ous.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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