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Vectensian en · ADJ

Meanings

1. (not-comparable) of or from the Isle of Wight.
   • Equally satisfying to the connoisseur is the poem Cupid and Euphrospie by Percy Goddard Stone, a Vectensian poet whose work never really made it on the mainland. 1988, Nicholas Parsons, The Joy of Bad Verse, HarperCollins:
   • This probability is strengthened by the enthusiastic praises Wilkes always bestowed on the native charms of the lower class of Vectensian females; and in his hours of levity with the companions of his gallantries, he always distinguished it by the name of Cyprus. 1800, The Monthly Visitor, and Entertaining Pocket Companion, page 379:
   • Of a similar type, but dealing with a less cultivated, less fertile field, is the anthology of Vectensian verse, Poets of the Wight, compiled by Charles J. Arnell. 1969, Poetry Review, page 56:

Vectensian en · NOUN

Meanings

1. someone from the Isle of Wight
   • The Isle of Wight had been a winter port for Danish and Norse ships off and on for a century or more, and during this decade the Vectensians had begun to welcome visits by such ships. 2019, Skye Smith, Knut - Forkbeard's Peace: Novel Four of the Knut Series by Skye Smith, Skye Smith, →ISBN:
   • I have never been able to appreciate nor to understand why it is that Vectensians are constantly challenged to explain why they live in the Isle of Wight at all. 1914, John Morgan Richards, Almost Fairyland, personal notes concerning the Isle of Wight:
   • In reality, a readily agreed confederation seems the most likely course for Vectensians in AD 43. 2007, Mark Gardiner, “The” Archaeological Journal, →ISBN, page 13:

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Synonyms

Isle of Wighter