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anaspeptic

/æn.əsˈpɛp.tɪk/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
anaspep-tic
IPA
/æn.əsˈpɛp.tɪk/
16
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Very distressed.

Humorous

Example Sentences

Etymology

Blend of ana- + dyspeptic. From a 1987 episode of the British television comedy Blackadder, in which Dr. Samuel Johnson boasts about his newly completed dictionary containing every word in the English language. Blackadder subsequently uses a number of newly-invented words to perplex him: "I'm anaspeptic, frasmotic, even compunctuous to have caused you such pericombobulation."

Usage

Inflected Forms

more anaspeptic (comparative) most anaspeptic (superlative)

Frequently Paired Words

contrafibularities frasmotic compunctuous pericombobulation

Questions

How do you pronounce anaspeptic?
The recorded pronunciation is /æn.əsˈpɛp.tɪk/.
What does anaspeptic mean?
Very distressed.
Where does anaspeptic come from?
Blend of ana- + dyspeptic. From a 1987 episode of the British television comedy Blackadder, in which Dr. Samuel Johnson boasts about his newly completed dictionary containing every word in the English language. Blackadder subsequently uses a number of newly-invented words to perplex him: "I'm anaspeptic, frasmotic, even compunctuous to have caused you such pericombobulation."

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