Tappertitian
Tappertitian adjective: similar to the character Simon Tappertit in Dickens' Barnaby Rudge, especially being self-important, passionately conservative and anti-Catholic, and given to big ideas poorly expressed.
Adjective
Tappertitian (comparative more Tappertitian, superlative most Tappertitian)
- Similar to the character Simon Tappertit in Dickens' Barnaby Rudge, especially being self-important, passionately conservative and anti-Catholic, and given to big ideas poorly expressed.
- I have been proof against the garish splendors and alcoholic excitements of the ordinary stage combinations of Tappertitian romance with the police intelligence.1903, George Bernard Shaw, “Preface”, in Man and Superman
- This chapter is illiterate, unconsciously Tappertitian. The language is painfully funny.1912, Alfred Richard Orage, Arthur Moore, The New Age: A Weekly Review of Politics, Literature and Art, page 66
Forms of Tappertitian
| comparative | more Tappertitian |
|---|---|
| superlative | most Tappertitian |
Origin of Tappertitian
From Simon Tappertit + -ian, from a character in Charles Dickens' Barnaby Rudge.
Questions about Tappertitian
- What does Tappertitian mean?
- Tappertitian means similar to the character Simon Tappertit in Dickens' Barnaby Rudge, especially being self-important, passionately conservative and anti-Catholic, and given to big ideas poorly expressed.
- What part of speech is Tappertitian?
- Tappertitian is an adjective.
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