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Gaddafian

Gaddafian adjective: of or relating to Muammar Gaddafi (c. 1942–2011), revolutionary and leader of Libya.

Adjective

Gaddafian (comparative more Gaddafian, superlative most Gaddafian)

  1. Of or relating to Muammar Gaddafi (c. 1942–2011), revolutionary and leader of Libya.
    • No one in Faya forgets that French air force raids drove the Libyans out of Faya, prompting them to abandon their tanks with less than Gaddafian revolutionary zeal and hightail it back home on foot.2005, Jeffrey Tayler, Angry Wind: Through Muslim Black Africa by Truck, Bus, Boat, and Camel

Forms of Gaddafian

comparativemore Gaddafian
superlativemost Gaddafian

Origin of Gaddafian

From Gaddafi + -ian.

Questions about Gaddafian

What does Gaddafian mean?
Gaddafian means of or relating to Muammar Gaddafi (c. 1942–2011), revolutionary and leader of Libya.
What part of speech is Gaddafian?
Gaddafian is an adjective.

Words near Gaddafian in the dictionary

  1. Gadberrys
  2. Gadchiroli
  3. Gadd
  4. Gaddaffy
  5. Gaddafi
  6. Gaddafian
  7. Gaddafism
  8. Gaddafist
  9. Gaddafists
  10. Gaddafy
  11. Gaddam

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