attitudinous
adjEtymology From Italian attitudine + -ous, from Latin aptitūdin- + -ous, from oblique stem of Latin aptitūdō, from aptus + -tūdō. By surface analysis, attitude + -ous.
1
Informal Having a bold and possibly unfriendly attitude; sassy.
- As pageants go, this one was short (about four blocks, one hour) and friendly in a fringey, attitudinous way.2007 September 10, Holland Cotter, “The Creative Spirit, Strolling Through SoHo With Its Fringe Flying”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 20 Jan 2022:
- Related terms
- attitude-adjuster, 'tude, tude