anaspeptic
anaspeptic · more anaspeptic · most anaspeptic
Very distressedVery distressed.
/æn.əsˈpɛp.tɪk/
Meaning
1 senses(humorous)Very distressed.
Origin
Blend of ana- + dyspeptic. From a 1987 episode of the British television comedy BlackadderBlend of ana- + dyspeptic. From a 1987 episode of the British television comedy Blackadder, in which Dr. Samuel Johnson boasts about his newly completed dictionary containing every word in the English language. Blackadder subsequently uses a number of newly-invented words to perplex him: "I'm anaspeptic, frasmotic, even compunctuous to have caused you such pericombobulation."
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Forms
more anaspeptic, most anaspeptic| Comparative | more anaspeptic Lesson |
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| Superlative | most anaspeptic Lesson |
regular
Word family
3 related wordsLessons for this word
2 lessons- A2Comparatives — Because it has a comparative form
- A2Superlatives — Because it has a superlative form