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gorillian

gorillian adjective: of, relating to, or resembling a gorilla.

Adjective

gorillian

  1. (nonstandard, rare) of, relating to, or resembling a gorilla.
    • Barton was gorillian of build, all of it muscle, and Churchillian of jaw, all of it stubborn, but for all that amazingly good at not trampling over the authority of village elders.1998, Dana Stabenow, Fire and Ice, page 77
    • […] the voices of animals begin to open to the dramaturgical. The gorilla's visual (chest pounding) and auditory (roaring) gestures are simultaneously posturing and actions, creating the aura that is distinctively gorillian.2012, Don Ihde, Listening and Voice: Phenomenologies of Sound, Second Edition

Origin of gorillian

From gorilla + -ian.

Questions about gorillian

What does gorillian mean?
Gorillian means of, relating to, or resembling a gorilla.
What part of speech is gorillian?
Gorillian is an adjective.

Words near gorillian in the dictionary

  1. gorillas
  2. gorillas in the room
  3. gorillaship
  4. gorilless
  5. gorillesses
  6. gorillian
  7. gorilline
  8. gorillines
  9. gorillion
  10. gorillions
  11. gorilloid

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