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adj
Very good, very fine.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: nonce-word
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Antonyms: none provided
History
An early 20th-century American nonsensical coinage. One of a number of fanciful words noted in a series of 1914 articles by Louise Pound, all of which were (according to the author) "known to at least six people, coming generally from different sections of the state" of Nebraska.
