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Comstockian

Comstockian adjective: of or relating to Anthony Comstock (1844–1915), United States postal inspector and politician dedicated to ideas of Victorian morality.

Adjective

Comstockian (comparative more Comstockian, superlative most Comstockian)

  1. Of or relating to Anthony Comstock (1844–1915), United States postal inspector and politician dedicated to ideas of Victorian morality.
    • Comstockian prudishness

Forms of Comstockian

comparativemore Comstockian
superlativemost Comstockian

Origin of Comstockian

From Comstock + -ian, named after American politician and postal inspector Anthony Comstock (1844–1915).

Questions about Comstockian

What does Comstockian mean?
Comstockian means of or relating to Anthony Comstock (1844–1915), United States postal inspector and politician dedicated to ideas of Victorian morality.
What part of speech is Comstockian?
Comstockian is an adjective.

Words near Comstockian in the dictionary

  1. comshippers
  2. COMSOC
  3. Comsomol
  4. Comstock
  5. comstockery
  6. Comstockian
  7. Comstockism
  8. Comstocks
  9. COMSUBFOR
  10. COMSUBFORs
  11. COMSUBPAC

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