Meaning of ombliferous | Babel Free

Definitions

A nonsense word of vague negative connotation.

Examples

“There was an old person of Crete, Whose toilet was far from complete, She dressed in a sack Spickle-speckled with black, That ombliferous old person of Crete.”

“The Corporation of Western Reserve University, with entire unanimity and ombliferous enthusiasm, made you to-day an LL. D. It is no small shakes of a hayseed College, I would have you know.”

““Don't be so ombliferous,” he said. My jaw dropped. The word was new.”

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