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Bickerstaffian

Bickerstaffian adjective: of or relating to Isaac Bickerstaff, a pseudonym used by Jonathan Swift as part of a hoax to predict the death of then-famous Almanac-maker and astrologer John Partridge.

Adjective

Bickerstaffian (comparative more Bickerstaffian, superlative most Bickerstaffian)

  1. Of or relating to Isaac Bickerstaff, a pseudonym used by Jonathan Swift as part of a hoax to predict the death of then-famous Almanac-maker and astrologer John Partridge.

Forms of Bickerstaffian

comparativemore Bickerstaffian
superlativemost Bickerstaffian

Origin of Bickerstaffian

Bickerstaff + -ian

Questions about Bickerstaffian

What does Bickerstaffian mean?
Bickerstaffian means of or relating to Isaac Bickerstaff, a pseudonym used by Jonathan Swift as part of a hoax to predict the death of then-famous Almanac-maker and astrologer John Partridge.
What part of speech is Bickerstaffian?
Bickerstaffian is an adjective.

Words near Bickerstaffian in the dictionary

  1. Bickershaw
  2. bickersome
  3. Bickerstaff
  4. Bickerstaffe
  5. Bickerstaffes
  6. Bickerstaffian
  7. Bickerstaffs
  8. Bickersteth
  9. Bickersteths
  10. Bickerton
  11. Bickertonite

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