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trouserian

trouserian adjective: of, relating to, or wearing trousers.

Adjective

trouserian (comparative more trouserian, superlative most trouserian)

  1. (humorous, rare, usually) Of, relating to, or wearing trousers.
    • Round comes the kindly trowserian [trouserian in later editions] veil (as Dyer of ‘The Fleece’ would have had it); the legs retreat, like other conquerors, into retirement;1828 February 20, “Large Bonnets.—A New Want of Gallantry.—Secret of Some Existing Fashions.”, in Leigh Hunt, editor, The Companion, number VII, London: […] Hunt and Clarke, page 70
    • Very shortly we may expect to see an army of Scottish Amazons, arrayed in knickerbockers, kilts, and Tam o’ Shanters, come marching over the Border to convert their vacillating sisters in the South to the true trouserian faith. Have not our earnest “women workers” already conferred in Glasgow, and...1894 November 5, The Dundee Courier, page 3

Forms of trouserian

comparativemore trouserian
superlativemost trouserian

Origin of trouserian

From trouser + -ian.

Questions about trouserian

What does trouserian mean?
Trouserian means of, relating to, or wearing trousers.
What part of speech is trouserian?
Trouserian is an adjective.

Words near trouserian in the dictionary

  1. trousered
  2. trousered class
  3. trousered classes
  4. trouserette
  5. trouserettes
  6. trouserian
  7. trousering
  8. trouserings
  9. trouserless
  10. trouserlessness
  11. trouserlike

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