humbugeous
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
18
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Characteristic of a humbug.
Example Sentences
- "[A]midst so much that is high-minded and sincere, there is perhaps still more that is selfish and cunning, that is, in fact, not genuine but humbugeous."
- "Fussy and ‘pompious’ Tumblety Bug seemed to say with Senator Benton, when he moved the celebrated Jackson ‘Expunging Resolutions:’ ‘Solitary and alone, I set this ball in motion!’ That ‘was so,’ too: but while we pondered upon the object of the humbugeous, insectual laborer, lo! he vanished from our sight, ‘and we saw him no more.’"
- "But of course you found the old gentleman was cracked—or half-cracked, with a touch of the humbugeous."
- "You will see from the enclosed that as Artemus Ward says it is “intended to be sarkastikal;” and I think it will be a “sweet boon” to such of the Post’s readers as think with me of the humbugeous matters whereof it speaks."
- "The oratory was, in my opinion, gassy, flowery, nonsensical; or, as the great Mr. Barnum would say, and I shall take the liberty of saying, they were “humbugeous.”"
Etymology
From humbug + -eous.
Word Breakdown
Inflected Forms
more humbugeous (comparative)
most humbugeous (superlative)