Pickwickianism

American

[pik-wik-ee-uh-niz-uhm] / pɪkˈwɪk i əˌnɪz əm /

noun

a Pickwickian statement, expression, word, or the like.

Etymology

Origin of Pickwickianism

First recorded in 1890–95; Pickwickian + -ism

Example Sentences

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Perhaps Dickens is not entirely free from blame in this respect; perhaps Pickwickianism has in some degree familiarized the generation of Englishmen who have been fed upon it with what is not chivalrous, to say the least, in conduct, as it unquestionably has with slang in conversation.

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