English Explanatory Dictionary

Bickerstaffian

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Of or relating to Isaac Bickerstaff, a pseudonym used by Jonathan Swift as part of a hoax to predict the death of then-famous Almanac-maker and astrologer John Partridge.

Word forms

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Etymology

Bickerstaff + -ian

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