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Quirkian

Quirkian adjective: of or relating to Randolph Quirk (1920–2017), British linguist who championed a descriptive approach toward English grammar.

Adjective

Quirkian (comparative more Quirkian, superlative most Quirkian)

  1. Of or relating to Randolph Quirk (1920–2017), British linguist who championed a descriptive approach toward English grammar.
    • Naturally, such an interpretation must remain a wholly subjective matter even if one were to follow to their logical limits the clusters of Foucauldian and Quirkian beliefs about languages[…]1999, Irma Taavitsainen, Gunnel Melchers, Päivi Pahta, Writing in nonstandard English, page 84
    • […]three works of Crystal who, of course, used the Quirkian model.1999, Rodney D. Huddleston, Peter Collins, David A. Lee, The clause in English: in honour of Rodney Huddleston, page 310

Forms of Quirkian

comparativemore Quirkian
superlativemost Quirkian

Origin of Quirkian

From Quirk + -ian.

Questions about Quirkian

What does Quirkian mean?
Quirkian means of or relating to Randolph Quirk (1920–2017), British linguist who championed a descriptive approach toward English grammar.
What part of speech is Quirkian?
Quirkian is an adjective.

Words near Quirkian in the dictionary

  1. quirk of fate
  2. Quirke
  3. quirked
  4. quirked up
  5. quirkful
  6. Quirkian
  7. quirkier
  8. quirkiest
  9. quirkily
  10. quirkiness
  11. quirkinesses

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