'Contraptious' definitions:

Definition of 'Contraptious'

From: GCIDE
  • Contraption \Con*trap"tion\, n. A contrivance; a new-fangled device; -- used scornfully. [Colloq. or Dial.] -- {Con*trap"tious}, a.
  • We all remember some of the extraordinary contraptions which have been thus evolved and put upon the market. --F. M. Ware. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]