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verbarian en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• /vɜːˈbɛə.ɹi.ən/ (Received-Pronunciation)
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• /vɝˈbɛ.ɹi.ən/ (General-American)

Etymology

From verb + -arian.

Meanings

1. (not-comparable, obsolete) Of or relating to words; verbal.
   • That friend, […] added, with a smile, that he had more than once amused himself with the thought of a verbarian Attorney-General, authorized to bring informations ex officio against the writer or editor of any work in extensive circulation, who, after due notice issued, should persevere in misusing a word. 1830, S[amuel] T[aylor] Coleridge, “Concerning the Right Idea of the Constitution”, in On the Constitution of the Church and State, according to the Idea of Each: […], London: Hurst, Chance, and Co., →OCLC, footnote *, page 19:

verbarian en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /vɜːˈbɛə.ɹi.ən/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• (UK) audio
• /vɝˈbɛ.ɹi.ən/ (General-American)

Etymology

From verb + -arian.

Meanings

1. (rare) One who coins words.
   • Southey gives himself free scope as a verbarian. 1873, Fitzedward Hall, Modern English:

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