Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

debacular

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: de-bac-u-lar
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

4

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of, like, or pertaining to a debacle; calamitous; tragic; suddenly shameful.

Example Sentences

"What with the cyanide and electrolytic methods of gold extraction, it is only to be wondered at that the decline in the value of this metal has not been more debacular and tragic than has been seen."
"Nobody made serious complaint about the lamb trade but the sheep phase was debacular. Only an idiot or a charlatan would attempt anything of auguristic nature at this moment."
"Now given over to yawning gaps in the courtship of debtors romantically linked to the annulment of fraudsters, the spectacular often has to fill in with the debacular."

Etymology

From debacle.

Inflected Forms

more debacular (comparative) most debacular (superlative)

Questions

What does debacular mean?: Of, like, or pertaining to a debacle; calamitous; tragic; suddenly shameful.
Where does debacular come from?: From debacle.

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