frumious means extremely angry. It carries an Arena rating of 1585, earned across 3 head-to-head judged battles.
Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, frumious ranks #117 of 17,132 for Most Betrayed by Its Sound, #179 of 17,163 for Funniest Words, #227 of 17,126 for Most Satisfying to Say, #1,556 of 17,140 for Most Whimsical Words.
Why “frumious” is a great word
Extremely angry, to the point of fuming. A blend of 'fuming' (smoking or emitting gas, figuratively very angry) and 'furious' (full of fury), coined by Lewis Carroll in the poem "Jabberwocky" (1871). Unlike 'irate,' which suggests a hot, immediate temper, or 'vexed,' which describes only a mild irritation, *frumious* implies a deeper, smoldering, and fantastical intensity. It is the silent seethe before the storm, the visible heat-haze of indignation rising from a cartoon character's skull, the bottled, combustible fury of something that lives only in a looking-glass wood—a pure, invented emotion for a world where anger itself can be a kind of wonder.
Etymology
Blend of fuming + furious, coined by British author and scholar Lewis Carroll in the poem Jabberwocky (1871).
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