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Jonesian

Jonesian adjective: of or relating to William Jones (1746-1794), inventor of a transliteration system for Indic scripts.

Adjective

Jonesian (comparative more Jonesian, superlative most Jonesian)

  1. Of or relating to William Jones (1746-1794), inventor of a transliteration system for Indic scripts.
  2. Of or relating to Mary Cover Jones (1897–1987), American psychologist.

Forms of Jonesian

comparativemore Jonesian
superlativemost Jonesian

Origin of Jonesian

From Jones + -ian.

Phrases with Jonesian

Questions about Jonesian

What does Jonesian mean?
Jonesian means of or relating to William Jones (1746-1794), inventor of a transliteration system for Indic scripts.
What part of speech is Jonesian?
Jonesian is an adjective.

Words near Jonesian in the dictionary

  1. Jonesborough
  2. jonesed
  3. Joneser
  4. Jonesers
  5. joneses
  6. Jonesian
  7. jonesin
  8. jonesin'
  9. jonesing
  10. jonesite
  11. Jonesport

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