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Leacockian

Leacockian adjective: of or relating to Stephen Leacock (1869–1944), Canadian teacher, political scientist, writer, and humorist.

Adjective

Leacockian (comparative more Leacockian, superlative most Leacockian)

  1. Of or relating to Stephen Leacock (1869–1944), Canadian teacher, political scientist, writer, and humorist.

Forms of Leacockian

comparativemore Leacockian
superlativemost Leacockian

Origin of Leacockian

From Leacock + -ian.

Questions about Leacockian

What does Leacockian mean?
Leacockian means of or relating to Stephen Leacock (1869–1944), Canadian teacher, political scientist, writer, and humorist.
What part of speech is Leacockian?
Leacockian is an adjective.

Words near Leacockian in the dictionary

  1. leachours
  2. leachtub
  3. leachtubs
  4. leachy
  5. Leacock
  6. Leacockian
  7. Leacocks
  8. lead
  9. lead acetate
  10. lead around by the nose
  11. lead astray

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