Meaning of scandiculous | Babel Free

Definitions

Scandalous and ridiculous.

US, dialectal

Examples

“Thursday I wrote a scandiculous note⟳ to Rebecca [Barbour].”

“Yes, she is another pretty subject for contemplation. It is perfectly scandiculous to think⟳ of how she has been with the army all the way from Ypsilanti, been right in camp all the time, doing no good (which she might if she had only kept herself in the right place⟳, the Hospital), not even cooking for herself & the Captain.”

“I wanted to holler; but, thinks I to myself, I'm a relation of the corpse, if it is only by marriage, and I ain't goin' to spoil⟳ the solemnity of this funeral if I never sets eyes on that scandiculous hussy again!”

“I was so glad to see⟳ him I could have⟳ hugged him. Yes, I know⟳ that sounds scandiculous and I suppose⟳ if I had tried it his toe head would have⟳ disappeared over the hills as if something worse than small pox was after him.”

“"I reckon," Judd answered with feeling and added "Goin' tew convert him, too? Obie Fugate ses that hit's scandiculous the way he carries on and Preacher Paul that he has 'a hard heart and a reprobated mind⟳'."”

“My mom(67) just called my baby brother(19months) scandiculous!! What a generational gap!!!”

“[Tyler Oliveira:] Has it always been that way? [Interviewee:] Always been scandiculous, ain't no doubt⟳ about that, you gotta know⟳ that.”

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