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Ostrobogulous vs Ostrobogulosity - What's the difference?

ostrobogulous | ostrobogulosity |

As an adjective ostrobogulous

is (humorous) slightly or indecent; bizarre, interesting, or unusual.

As a noun ostrobogulosity is

(rare|humorous) the quality of being ostrobogulous.

ostrobogulous

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • (humorous) Slightly or indecent; bizarre, interesting, or unusual.
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  • * 1982 Charles Richard Johnson - Oxherding
    • A tissue of ostrobogulous lies, he calls them.
  • * 1990 Jean Overton Fuller - The Magical Dilemma of Victor Neuberg: a biography
    • He would speak of an ostrobogulous tale or a passage in the classics.

    Related terms

    * ostrobogulation * ostrobogulatory

    References

    * OED (online) 2004

    ostrobogulosity

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • (rare, humorous) The quality of being ostrobogulous.