skulduggerous
English
editEtymology
editFrom skulduggery + -ous.
Pronunciation
edit- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /skʌlˈdʌɡəɹəs/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˌskʌlˈdʌɡəɹəs/, /ˌskəlˈdəɡ-/
- Hyphenation: skul‧dug‧ger‧ous
Adjective
editskulduggerous (comparative more skulduggerous, superlative most skulduggerous)
- (rare) Involving skulduggery; tricky, underhand.
- 2015, Ian Fraser, Shredded: Inside RBS: The Bank that Broke Britain, Birlinn, →ISBN:
- A number of skulduggerous means were used, including hoarding its rival's banknotes.
- 2022, China Miéville, chapter 2, in A Spectre, Haunting: On the Communist Manifesto, →OCLC:
- In their hopes of overthrowing an unjust society, many of these groups held to romantic models of secret conspiratorial organisations. This skulduggerous, dashing lineage was reflected in the elusive, allusive poetry of some of their names: the Society of the Families; the Society of Seasons; the Leage of the Proscribed.