paraphernalian

Adjective

paraphernalian (comparative more paraphernalian, superlative most paraphernalian)

1. Relating to paraphernalia.
   • The belief in the possibility of being devil-possessed was an unarguable belief in the existence of a devil personified; a devil with hairy body, cloven foot, horns, toasting-fork, and all the rest of the devilish paraphernalian make-up; […][1925], J[ohn] W[illiam] Wickwar, “Demons and Mascots”, in Witchcraft and the Black Art: A Book Dealing with the Psychology and Folklore of the Witches, London: Herbert Jenkins Limited […], →OCLC...
   • I would have to remind her, counteringly, that you don’t pick the person who fronts your life—you get picked, you watch the picker’s ankles vanish into the scrunched socks afterward (his whole body going blank behind the blue-black of the uniform), and the picker goes off in the starkest of...2004, Gary Lutz, “Uncle”, in Peter Conners, editor, PP/FF: An Anthology, Buffalo, N.Y.: Starcherone Books, published 2006, →ISBN, page 179

   Synonyms:

   paraphernal