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COVIDian en · ADJ

Etymology

From COVID + -ian.

Meanings

  1. (neologism) Of, related to, or characteristic of COVID-19 or the 2019-20 coronavirus pandemic.
    • I contacted nearly 70 friends and colleagues in Sea to Sky before I wrote this column asking just that, and for their tips for sustenance—both real and metaphoric—to keep the COVIDian blues at bay. 2020 March 26, Glenda Bartosh, “Life in COVIDian times: What to do when you have to keep calm and not quite carry on”, in Pique Newsmagazine, volume 27, number 13, page 38:
    • They, the properly-cocked (cluey immunologists, epidemiologists, chief health officers, economists divining the Covidian impacts on the economy, and well-informed others) are the new actors on our stage. 2020 April 18, Ian Warden, “Australians all let us deJoyce”, in The Canberra Times:
    • The Covidian Age is a great time to be hemerophile. Just think of the raccoons of Toronto. Human activity is so reduced in urban centres that by the time things return to normal, raccoons will be empowered to demand rights for themselves, or seek seats on City Council. 2020 April 23, Barry Coulter, “World O’ Words: Hemerophiles, and a new era of synanthropization”, in Cranbrook Daily Townsman:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
most COVIDian Degree=Sup lexicographic
more COVIDian Degree=Cmp lexicographic
Covidian alternative lexicographic
covidian alternative lexicographic

Translations (3)

ca covidià (characteristic of COVID-19) · gl covidiano (characteristic of COVID-19) · es covidiano (characteristic of COVID-19)

COVIDian en · NOUN

Etymology

From COVID + -ian.

Meanings

  1. (informal) A person who is very concerned about coronavirus, and is in favor of all kinds of preventive measures.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
Covidian alternative lexicographic
covidian alternative lexicographic
COVIDians Number=Plur lexicographic

Translations (3)

gl covidiano (person concerned about COVID-19) · es covidiano (person concerned about COVID-19) · ca covidià (person concerned about COVID-19)