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uncollegian

uncollegian adjective: not collegian.

Adjective

uncollegian (comparative more uncollegian, superlative most uncollegian)

  1. Not collegian.
    • We shall, therefore, only very humbly submit whether the whole statement be not rather too theoretic and somewhat too darkly adumbrated in ambiguous phraseology for plain, uncollegian understandings.1826, Rev. James Gilchrist, The Perpetuity of Christian Baptism Maintained, page 43
    • […] the possibility — appalling in the pre-dropout era — of failure and ejection into uncollegian outer darkness.1980, John Bovey, Desirable Aliens, page 30

Forms of uncollegian

comparativemore uncollegian
superlativemost uncollegian

Origin of uncollegian

From un- + collegian.

Questions about uncollegian

What does uncollegian mean?
Uncollegian means not collegian.
What part of speech is uncollegian?
Uncollegian is an adjective.

Words near uncollegian in the dictionary

  1. uncollectibles
  2. uncolleged
  3. uncollegial
  4. uncollegiality
  5. uncollegially
  6. uncollegian
  7. uncollegiate
  8. uncollegiated
  9. uncollegiates
  10. uncollegiating
  11. uncollided

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