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Etsian

Etsian noun: a seller on the American e-commerce service Etsy.

Noun

Etsian (plural Etsians)

  1. A seller on the American e-commerce service Etsy.
    • Etsying, as any Etsian (as Etsy sellers call themselves) will tell you, is a highly addictive pastime.2013, Emily Matchar, Homeward Bound: Why Women Are Embracing the New Domesticity, Simon & Schuster, →ISBN, page 73
    • She "quit" her "day job' to dedicate more time" to her "family" and "business." mommymogul [Esty user] hopes to "grow" her "business to the point" that she "can quit" her "day job (like so many of the stories" she has "read about fellow etsians)."^([sic])2015, Michele White, quoting mommymogul, Producing Women: The Internet, Traditional Femininity, Queerness, and Creativity, Taylor & Francis, →ISBN, page 37

Forms of Etsian

pluralEtsians

Origin of Etsian

From Etsy + -ian (“one from, belonging to”); Etsy was named in June 2005 by co-founder Robert Kalin as a nonsense word inspired by the Italian phrase eh, si (“huh, yes”), which he repeatedly heard in the film 8½ (1963) and erroneously transcribed as etsi.

Questions about Etsian

What does Etsian mean?
Etsian means a seller on the American e-commerce service Etsy.
What part of speech is Etsian?
Etsian is a noun.
What is the plural of Etsian?
The plural of Etsian is Etsians.

Words near Etsian in the dictionary

  1. Etruscology
  2. etruscomycin
  3. etryptamine
  4. ETS
  5. ETSI
  6. Etsian
  7. Etsians
  8. Etsitty
  9. Etsittys
  10. ETSOI
  11. ETSOIs

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