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Oliphantian

Oliphantian adjective: of or relating to Margaret Oliphant (1828–1897), Scottish novelist and historical writer.

Adjective

Oliphantian (comparative more Oliphantian, superlative most Oliphantian)

  1. Of or relating to Margaret Oliphant (1828–1897), Scottish novelist and historical writer.

Forms of Oliphantian

comparativemore Oliphantian
superlativemost Oliphantian

Origin of Oliphantian

From Oliphant + -ian.

Questions about Oliphantian

What does Oliphantian mean?
Oliphantian means of or relating to Margaret Oliphant (1828–1897), Scottish novelist and historical writer.
What part of speech is Oliphantian?
Oliphantian is an adjective.

Words near Oliphantian in the dictionary

  1. olioastrocytoma
  2. oliodendroglioma
  3. oliogonucleotide
  4. olios
  5. oliphant
  6. Oliphantian
  7. oliphants
  8. oliphaunt
  9. oliphaunts
  10. olisboi
  11. olisbos

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