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bicyclism

bicyclism noun: the art of riding a bicycle.

Noun

bicyclism (uncountable)

  1. (dated) The art of riding a bicycle.
    • Here we have the ninth number of the fourth volume of a journal devoted to the great and noble art of Bicyclism. A modern art, unknown utterly to our forefathers, it has sprung into existence with intense velocity […]1879, The Freemason and Masonic Illustrated
    • One result of bicyclism is that many retired nooks and corners of our beautiful island are now more effectually explored than they ever were before; the grass-grown turnpike roads are no longer peopled only by farmers' manure-carts […]1882, Ward and Lock's home book, page 1041

Origin of bicyclism

From bicycle + -ism.

Questions about bicyclism

What does bicyclism mean?
Bicyclism means the art of riding a bicycle.
What part of speech is bicyclism?
Bicyclism is a noun.

Words near bicyclism in the dictionary

  1. bicycling monarchy
  2. bicycling shorts
  3. bicyclings
  4. bicyclisation
  5. bicyclisations
  6. bicyclism
  7. bicyclist
  8. bicyclists
  9. bicyclo
  10. bicyclobutane
  11. bicyclobutanes

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