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Bruxellian

Bruxellian adjective: of or pertaining to Brussels or metonymically the European Union.

Adjective

Bruxellian (comparative more Bruxellian, superlative most Bruxellian)

  1. (humorous, nonce-word) Of or pertaining to Brussels or metonymically the European Union.
    • I don’t know why Brexiters feel so oppressed by Bruxellian rule and devoid of sovereignty, given that a three-part series is commissioned by a major broadcaster every time a shopping list or a bus ticket is discovered that once came within three metres of anyone closer than 18th in line to the...2019, Lucy Mangan, The Guardian

Forms of Bruxellian

comparativemore Bruxellian
superlativemost Bruxellian

Origin of Bruxellian

From Bruxell(es) + -ian.

Questions about Bruxellian

What does Bruxellian mean?
Bruxellian means of or pertaining to Brussels or metonymically the European Union.
What part of speech is Bruxellian?
Bruxellian is an adjective.

Words near Bruxellian in the dictionary

  1. bruvvers
  2. brux
  3. bruxation
  4. bruxed
  5. Bruxelles
  6. Bruxellian
  7. bruxer
  8. bruxers
  9. bruxes
  10. bruxing
  11. bruxism

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