ostrobogulous
📖 Definitions
adjective
Unusual; bizarre; risqué or indecent.
💬 Usage Examples
“Father, you know, doesn’t approve of novels. A tissue of ostrobogulous lies, he calls them. With the writer laughing behind each page at the reader’s gullibility.” Charles Johnson; Oxherding Tale: A Novel; Scribner; 2005. “The magnificent Roz Chast’s illustrations are, well, ostrobogulous.” Michael Pakenham; Editor’s Choice; The Sun (Baltimore, Maryland); Apr 6, 2003.