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Pick⋅wick⋅i⋅an

  [pik-wik-ee-uhn]
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–adjective
1. of, pertaining to, or characteristic of Mr. Pickwick, central character of The Pickwick Papers.
2. (of the use or interpretation of an expression) intentionally or unintentionally odd or unusual.
3. (of words or ideas) meant or understood in a sense different from the apparent or usual one.
Origin:
1830–40; Pickwick + -ian

Related forms:
Pick⋅wick⋅i⋅an⋅ly, adverb
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Pick·wick·i·an   (pĭk-wĭk'ē-ən)   
adj.  

  1. Simple and kind: a Pickwickian uncle.

  2. Meant or understood in an idiosyncratic or unusual way: a word used in a Pickwickian manner.


[After Mr. Pickwick, central character in The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club by Charles Dickens.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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