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Wykehamist en · ADJ

Etymology

From Wykeham + -ist, after William of Wykeham, the founder of Winchester College.

Meanings

1. (not-comparable) Of, pertaining to or characteristic of Winchester College.
   • A prized possession of mine is a recording of Empson reading his poems in a tone of voice that I believe no other human being can match, even if that person also combined Wykehamist, Cantabrigian, and Chinese accents. 2010, Steven L. Isenberg, The American Scholar, Lunching on Olympus:

Synonyms

Wykehamical

Wykehamist en · NOUN

Etymology

From Wykeham + -ist, after William of Wykeham, the founder of Winchester College.

Meanings

1. An undergraduate, graduate or fellow of Winchester College.

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