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Date "PICKWICKIAN" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1838. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Literature | Pickwickian In a Pickwickian sense. An insult whitewashed. Mr. Pickwick accused Mr. Blotton of acting in "a vile and calumnious manner," whereupon Mr. Blotton retorted by calling Mr. Pickwick "a humbug." It finally was made to appear that both had used the offensive words only in a Pickwickian sense, and that each had, in fact, the highest regard and esteem for the other. So the affront was adjusted, and both were satisfied. "Lawyers and politicians daily abuse each other in a Pickwickian sense."- Bowditch. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | When obesity is accompanied by severe cardiopulmonary manifestations, as in the Pickwickian syndrome, weight reduction should be part of the treatment for this medical emergency. (references) | |
Included in this category are patients with high-risk comorbid conditions such as life-threatening cardiopulmonary problems (e.g., severe sleep apnea, Pickwickian syndrome, and obesity-related cardiomyopathy) or severe diabetes mellitus. (references) | ||
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Expressions using "PICKWICKIAN": in a pickwickian sense ♦ Pickwickian Syndrome. Additional references. | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
pickwickian syndrome | 55 |
pickwickian | 10 |
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| Language | Translations for "PICKWICKIAN"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | щедър (benevolent, bountiful, charitable, flush, free, freehanded, generous, handsome, large handed, large-hearted, liberal, lordly, munificent, openhanded, princely, prodigal, profuse, stintless, ungrudging, unselfish, unsparing, unstinted), добродушен (avuncular, easygoing, good hearted, good humoured, good natured, good tempered, good-humored, jovial, kind, mellow, placable). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | nem komolyan (in a pickwickian sense). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ickwickianpay не буквально (in a pickwickian sense). (various references) ne u bukvalnom smislu (pickwickian: in a pickwickian sense). (various references) i pickwickistil (in a pickwickian sense). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-c-i-i-i-k-k-n-p-w" | |
-3 letters: pickwick. | |
-5 letters: acinic, pianic, picnic, wakiki. | |
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