triffidian
triffidian adjective: resembling or relating to triffids ("a fictional plant able to move around and kill people with a poisonous stinger").
Adjective
triffidian (comparative more triffidian, superlative most triffidian)
- Resembling or relating to triffids ("a fictional plant able to move around and kill people with a poisonous stinger").
- It was assumed, consequently, that their characteristic of suddenly losing their immobility and rattling a rapid tattoo against the main stem was some strange form of triffidian amatory exuberance.1951, John Wyndham, The Day of the Triffids, Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, published 1954, page 45
- Some stayed on in the old house and, with consummate dignity, would totter down avenues choked with weeds and brambles which grow at a triffidian rate in Ireland, to a servant's cottage pretending to inquire about the ancient groom's.1989, Ann Morrow, Picnic in a Foreign Land: The Eccentric Lives of the Anglo-Irish, London; […]: Grafton Books, →ISBN, page 164
- Synonyms:
- triffidlike
Synonyms of triffidian
Forms of triffidian
| comparative | more triffidian |
|---|---|
| superlative | most triffidian |
Origin of triffidian
From triffid + -ian.
Questions about triffidian
- What does triffidian mean?
- Triffidian means resembling or relating to triffids ("a fictional plant able to move around and kill people with a poisonous stinger").
- What part of speech is triffidian?
- Triffidian is an adjective.
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