vocabularian
UK/və(ʊ)ˈkabjʊˈlɛəɹi.ən/US/voʊˈkæbjəˈlɛɹi.ən/
vocabularian adjective: of or relating to vocabulary.
Adjective
vocabularian (not comparable)
- Of or relating to vocabulary.
- The use of strong drink gives to our English tongue the following verbs:—tipple, tope, booze, swill, guzzle, carouse, liquor, fuddle, drink, soak, sot, swig, inebriate, intoxicate, fuzzle, temulate, and to be intemperate, anti-teetotal, compotative, &c. Compare this plentifulness of vocabularian...1869, “Byeways of English”, in Meliora: A Quarterly Review of Social Science in Its Ethical, Economical, Political, and Ameliorative Aspects, volume XII, number 45, London: S[amuel] W[illiam]...
- Had you ever noticed that fashions in words are just as changeable as fashions in wearing apparel? For a time the intellectuals will seize madly upon a word, use it until it is threadbare and then toss it into the vocabularian ragbag.1918 December 5, “Words Worn Threadbare”, in The Advocate-Democrat, volume XXXIV, number 15, Marysville, Kan., →OCLC, section 2, page [2], column 2
- Synonyms:
- vocabular, vocabularial
Noun
vocabularian (plural vocabularians)
- One who cultivates a large or impressive vocabulary.
- You might have one of these prodigious vocabularians in your house.2010, Alexandra Horowitz, Inside of a Dog: What Dogs See, Smell, and Know
- Indeed so inventive have been baseball's vocabularians, as Paul Dickson's dictionary indicated, this type of baseball humor shows no sign of slowing down.2014, Frank Hoffman, Baseball and American Culture: Across the Diamond, Routledge
- Synonyms:
- vocabulist
vocabularian meaning in Tamil
vocabularian in Tamil
- சொற்றொகுதிக்குரிய, சொற்றொகுதியாளர்
Synonyms of vocabularian
Forms of vocabularian
| plural | vocabularians |
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Origin of vocabularian
From vocabulary + -an.
Words that rhyme with vocabularian
- Darien
- barbarian
- Aryan
- libertarian
- Arian
- documentarian
- humanitarian
- sabbatarian
- sectarian
- unitarian
- vegetarian
- -arian
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- agrarian
- Bulgarian
- caesarian
- catenarian
- librarian
- lunarian
- Marian
- planetarian
- Ripuarian
- Solarian
- trinitarian
- alphabetarian
- antiauthoritarian
- aquarian
- Bolivarian
- communitarian
- contrarian
- corpuscularian
- denarian
- flexitarian
- futilitarian
- infirmarian
- Kaffrarian
- necessitarian
- nonsectarian
- paraovarian
- parian
- pollotarian
- proprietarian
- quinarian
- sacramentarian
- sanitarian
- semivegetarian
- Tartarean
- Tartarian
- Tocharian
- tricenarian
- valetudinarian
- vestiarian
- acarian
- actiniarian
- actuarian
- aerarian
- alcyonarian
- altitudinarian
- antelapsarian
- antiacarian
- antiegalitarian
Questions about vocabularian
- What does vocabularian mean?
- Vocabularian means of or relating to vocabulary.
- What is vocabularian in Tamil?
- Vocabularian in Tamil is சொற்றொகுதிக்குரிய, சொற்றொகுதியாளர். See Vocabularian meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is vocabularian?
- Vocabularian can be an adjective or a noun.
- How do you pronounce vocabularian?
- Vocabularian is pronounced /və(ʊ)ˈkabjʊˈlɛəɹi.ən/ (UK).
Words near vocabularian in the dictionary
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