English Explanatory Dictionary

cactused

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Featuring a cactus or cacti.
  2. Broken; ruined; no longer working, more recently especially related to a technical system.
  3. In trouble, screwed.

Pronunciation

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Word forms

cactused more cactused most cactused cactussed

Etymology

From cactus + -ed. Australian colloquialism may have originated as a result of the Australian prickly pear plague in the early 20th century, which overran farmland, making it unusable.

Synonyms

cactusy
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