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Barnesian

Barnesian adjective: of or relating to William Barnes (1801–1886), English polymath who wrote numerous poems, some in Dorset dialect, and advocated against borrowing foreign words into English.

Adjective

Barnesian (comparative more Barnesian, superlative most Barnesian)

  1. Of or relating to William Barnes (1801–1886), English polymath who wrote numerous poems, some in Dorset dialect, and advocated against borrowing foreign words into English.

Forms of Barnesian

comparativemore Barnesian
superlativemost Barnesian

Origin of Barnesian

From Barnes + -ian.

Questions about Barnesian

What does Barnesian mean?
Barnesian means of or relating to William Barnes (1801–1886), English polymath who wrote numerous poems, some in Dorset dialect, and advocated against borrowing foreign words into English.
What part of speech is Barnesian?
Barnesian is an adjective.

Words near Barnesian in the dictionary

  1. Barnes County
  2. Barnes Hill
  3. Barnes integral
  4. Barnes integrals
  5. Barnes Opening
  6. Barnesian
  7. barnesite
  8. Barnesmore
  9. Barnesmore Gap
  10. Barnesville
  11. barnet

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