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Bodleian

Bodleian adjective: of or pertaining to Sir Thomas Bodley. Also the clipping of Bodleian Library.

Adjective

Bodleian (not comparable)

  1. Of or pertaining to Sir Thomas Bodley.
  2. (broadly) Of or pertaining to the Bodleian Library.

Also used as

Bodleian is also the clipping of Bodleian Library.

Origin of Bodleian

From Bodley + -an, named after English diplomat and scholar Sir Thomas Bodley (1545–1613), founder of Oxford University's Bodleian Library.

Words formed from Bodleian

Questions about Bodleian

What does Bodleian mean?
Bodleian means of or pertaining to Sir Thomas Bodley.
What part of speech is Bodleian?
Bodleian is an adjective.

Words near Bodleian in the dictionary

  1. bodkined
  2. bodkins
  3. Bodkinses
  4. bodkinwise
  5. bodle
  6. Bodleian
  7. bodles
  8. Bodley
  9. Bodleys
  10. Bodman
  11. Bodmans

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