"contraptious" meaning in English

See contraptious in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Forms: more contraptious [comparative], most contraptious [superlative]
Head templates: {{en-adj}} contraptious (comparative more contraptious, superlative most contraptious)
  1. Characteristic of a contraption; complicated and precarious.
    Sense id: en-contraptious-en-adj-G8MLUqOx Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries
     
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