Radiculous
adj
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Of or pertaining to a radicle (nerve root, or rudimentary shoot of a plant from which a root is developed downward). not-comparable, uncommon
"For quotations using this term, see Citations:radiculous."
- 2 Obsolete spelling of ridiculous. alt-of, obsolete, rare
"[…] somebody was laughing at us, and that somebody [was] a very nice young lady, whom we had just parted from in what a Kentuckian would have styled "a most extraordinary and radiculous manner.""
Example
More examples"For quotations using this term, see Citations:radiculous."
Etymology
Etymology 1
From radicle + -ous.
Etymology 2
Variation of ridiculous.
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