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Porcellian

Porcellian adjective: of or relating to the Porcellian Club, a final club at Harvard University.

Adjective

Porcellian (comparative more Porcellian, superlative most Porcellian)

  1. Of or relating to the Porcellian Club, a final club at Harvard University.

Noun

Porcellian (plural Porcellians)

  1. A member of the Porcellian Club.

Forms of Porcellian

Adjective
comparativemore Porcellian
superlativemost Porcellian
Noun
pluralPorcellians

Origin of Porcellian

From Latin porcellus (“piglet”) + -ian after the dinners of roasted pig that the club originally held.

Questions about Porcellian

What does Porcellian mean?
Porcellian means of or relating to the Porcellian Club, a final club at Harvard University.
What part of speech is Porcellian?
Porcellian can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near Porcellian in the dictionary

  1. porcellanite
  2. porcellanites
  3. porcellanitic
  4. porcellanous
  5. Porcelli
  6. Porcellian
  7. Porcellians
  8. porcelliid
  9. porcelliids
  10. porcellionid
  11. porcellionids

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