cromulent

Meaning

Acceptable, satisfactory, or valid.

Opposite of

anomalous

Synonyms

down-to-earth

matter-of-fact

sober

Translations

realista

real

realistisch

wirklichkeitsgetreu

wirklichkeitsnah

ρεαλιστικός

réaliste

plein de réalisme

realístico

realista

realístico

realist

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈkɹɒmjʊlənt/

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”)).