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Websterian

Websterian adjective: of, pertaining to, or characteristic of Noah Webster (1758-1843), American lexicographer and spelling reformer.

Adjective

Websterian (comparative more Websterian, superlative most Websterian)

  1. Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of Noah Webster (1758-1843), American lexicographer and spelling reformer.
    • For if "conversationalist" and "experimentalize" are legitimate words, there is no Websterian reason for refusing them such legitimate descendants as Conversationalistic, Conversationalistically, Conversationalisticability[.]1870, Edward S. Gould, Good English: Or, Popular Errors in Language, page 18
  2. Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of Daniel Webster (1878-1852), American statesman and nationalist.

Forms of Websterian

comparativemore Websterian
superlativemost Websterian

Origin of Websterian

From Webster + -ian.

Questions about Websterian

What does Websterian mean?
Websterian means of, pertaining to, or characteristic of Noah Webster (1758-1843), American lexicographer and spelling reformer.
What part of speech is Websterian?
Websterian is an adjective.

Words near Websterian in the dictionary

  1. Webster City
  2. Webster County
  3. Webster Groves
  4. Webster Parish
  5. Webster Springs
  6. Websterian
  7. Websterism
  8. Websterisms
  9. websterite
  10. websterites
  11. websters

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