Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

bogglesome

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: bog-gle-some
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Characterised or marked by boggling; mind-boggling.

Example Sentences

"Doing it by touch alone is a bogglesome undertaking."
"The combination of huge world sales, bogglesome advances (a three-book deal for pounds 20m was negotiated with HarperCollins in 1992; it's almost time for a new one) and television rights to mini-series (the personal forte of her gravelly, Germanic husband Bob) brings wads of moolah in every post."
"Desperate to razz the whole thing up, Summerhill descends into "imagineering", culminating in the bogglesome scene in which the renowned human rights lawyer Geoffrey Robinson, QC, dresses up as Peter Pan, and attacks Blunkett's lawyer with a cutlass."

Etymology

From boggle + -some.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: boggle

Inflected Forms

more bogglesome (comparative) most bogglesome (superlative)

Questions

What does bogglesome mean?: Characterised or marked by boggling; mind-boggling.
Where does bogglesome come from?: From boggle + -some.

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