Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

ostrobogulous

/ˌɑs.tɹəˈbɑɡ.jə.ləs/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: os-tro-bog-u-lous
IPA: /ˌɑs.tɹəˈbɑɡ.jə.ləs/

16

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

5

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Slightly risqué or indecent; bizarre, interesting, or unusual.

Humorous

Example Sentences

""The Beast and the Devil tried to hold a serious business conversation, but Vickybird kept chipping in with questions of a purely 'ostrobogulous'* nature until Crowley became so enraged that he turned Vickybird into a zebra, rode him into a zoo, where he remained for two years before regaining human shape.""
"A tissue of ostrobogulous lies, he calls them."
"He would speak of an ostrobogulous tale or a passage in the classics."

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˌɑs.tɹəˈbɑɡ.jə.ləs/
British English: /ˌɒs.tɹəʊˈbɒɡ.jʊ.ləs/

Usage

Humorous

Inflected Forms

more ostrobogulous (comparative) most ostrobogulous (superlative)

Questions

How do you pronounce ostrobogulous?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˌɑs.tɹəˈbɑɡ.jə.ləs/.
What does ostrobogulous mean?: Slightly risqué or indecent; bizarre, interesting, or unusual.

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