Pickwickian

名词 n. 形容词 adj.
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英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A person who has Pickwickian syndrome.
形容词 adj.
  1. Arbitrary or meaningless (of the usage of a word or phrase).
    — The Chairman felt it his imperative duty to demand of the honourable gentleman, whether he had used the expression which had just escaped him in a common sense. Mr. Blotton had no hesitation in saying that he had not—he had used the word in its Pickwickian sense.
  2. Having, or relating to, Pickwickian syndrome.
    — This pattern of EEG and respiratory changes has been observed during both diurnal and nocturnal sleep in Pickwickian patients.
  3. Of or relating to The Pickwick Papers, its storyline, or its characters (chiefly Samuel Pickwick himself).
    — Calverley's test of Pickwickian scholarship has been followed by similar tests with which students of the Holmesian chronicles may put their knowledge of their hero's exploits to the proof.

词形变化

more Pickwickian comparative most Pickwickian superlative pickwickian alternative Pickwickians plural pickwickian alternative

词源

词源 1
From Pickwick + -ian, from The Pickwick Papers (1836) by Charles Dickens, in which members of the Pickwick Club explain away unparliamentary language as having been uttered "in the Pickwickian sense".
词源 2
From Pickwick + -ian, from The Pickwick Papers (1836) by Charles Dickens, in which members of the Pickwick Club explain away unparliamentary language as having been uttered "in the Pickwickian sense".
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