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Fowlerian

Fowlerian adjective: of or relating to Henry Watson Fowler (1858–1933), English lexicographer and commentator on usage of the language.

Adjective

Fowlerian (comparative more Fowlerian, superlative most Fowlerian)

  1. Of or relating to Henry Watson Fowler (1858–1933), English lexicographer and commentator on usage of the language.
    • Online dictionaries and grammars are likely to influence usage much more than their traditional Fowlerian counterparts ever did.2006, David Crystal, Language and the Internet, page 225

Forms of Fowlerian

comparativemore Fowlerian
superlativemost Fowlerian

Origin of Fowlerian

From Fowler + -ian.

Questions about Fowlerian

What does Fowlerian mean?
Fowlerian means of or relating to Henry Watson Fowler (1858–1933), English lexicographer and commentator on usage of the language.
What part of speech is Fowlerian?
Fowlerian is an adjective.

Words near Fowlerian in the dictionary

  1. Fowler's solution
  2. Fowler's syndrome
  3. Fowler's technique
  4. Fowler's toad
  5. Fowler's toads
  6. Fowlerian
  7. fowleries
  8. fowlerite
  9. fowlerites
  10. fowlers
  11. Fowlers Gap

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