English Explanatory Dictionary

catastroscope

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A catastrophe

Pronunciation

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-catastroscope.wav

Word forms

catastroscope catastroscopes

Etymology

Blend of catastrophe + -scope. Associated with comedian Jimmy Durante by the 1940s, and the Jennings books of Anthony Buckeridge in the 1950s.

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