English Explanatory Dictionary

anvilicious

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Conveyed in a heavy-handed, unsubtle way; preachy.

Word forms

anvilicious more anvilicious most anvilicious

Etymology

From anvil + -licious, the implication being that the message's delivery is as unsubtle as the dropping of an anvil on a person's head (a stock occurrence in cartoons).

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