Pickwickianism

[ pik-wik-ee-uh-niz-uhm ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

a Pickwickian statement, expression, word, or the like.

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Word History and Origins

Origin of Pickwickianism¹

First recorded in 1890–95; Pickwickian + -ism

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Example Sentences

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Perhaps Dickens is not entirely free from blame in this respect; perhaps Pickwickianism has in some degree familiarized the generation of Englishmen who have been fed upon it with what is not chivalrous, to say the least, in conduct, as it unquestionably has with slang in conversation.

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Pickwickian Pickwickian syndrome

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