"anaspeptic" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

IPA: /æn.əs.ˈpɛp.tɪk/ Forms: more anaspeptic [comparative], most anaspeptic [superlative]
Etymology: 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." Head templates: {{en-adj}} anaspeptic (comparative more anaspeptic, superlative most anaspeptic)
  1. (humorous) Very distressed. Wikipedia link: Blackadder Tags: humorous Related terms: contrafibularities, frasmotic, compunctuous, pericombobulation
    Sense id: en-anaspeptic-en-adj-XJj1Lcue Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

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