English Explanatory Dictionary

cromulent

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Acceptable, satisfactory, or valid.

Pronunciation

/ˈkɹɒmjʊlənt/ /-jə-/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-cromulent.wav /ˈkɹɑmjʊlənt/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-cromulent.wav

Word forms

cromulent more cromulent most cromulent

Etymology

A humorous, intentionally morphologically opaque neologism and nonce word coined by American television writer David X. Cohen for “Lisa the Iconoclast”, a 1996 episode of the animated sitcom The Simpsons. The ending resembles corpulent, temulent and other Latinate adjectives (derived from -ulentus (“full of, abounding in”)).

Antonyms

anomalous

Related words

embiggen

Derived words

cromulence
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