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Word of the Day: frabjous
Published 6:43am Friday, September 24, 2010Today’s word from Dictionary.com!
frabjous \FRAB-juhs\, adjective:
Wonderful, elegant, superb, or delicious.
He bombarded her with imported candy and American beauties, and cluttered up the spring with a series of whist parties, which butted into the social calendar something frabjous.
– George Fitch, At good old Siwash
If there’s a more frabjous pairing of writer and director than Lewis Carroll and Tim Burton, I can’t imagine it.
– Mike Scott, “‘Alice in Wonderland’ movie review: Callooh! Callay! Tim Burton creates a frabjous delight,” The Times-Picayune, March 2010
Frabjous is one of many words coined by Lewis Caroll in Through the Looking-Glass.
