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Porlockian

Porlockian adjective: relating to an inconvenient interruption that prevents the completion of something important.

Adjective

Porlockian (comparative more Porlockian, superlative most Porlockian)

  1. Relating to an inconvenient interruption that prevents the completion of something important.

Forms of Porlockian

comparativemore Porlockian
superlativemost Porlockian

Origin of Porlockian

From Porlock + -ian; see person from Porlock.

Questions about Porlockian

What does Porlockian mean?
Porlockian means relating to an inconvenient interruption that prevents the completion of something important.
What part of speech is Porlockian?
Porlockian is an adjective.

Words near Porlockian in the dictionary

  1. porkypines
  2. Porlamar
  3. porlock
  4. Porlock Weir
  5. porlocked
  6. Porlockian
  7. porlocking
  8. porlocks
  9. porn
  10. Porn 2.0
  11. Porn 3.0

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