"Araucarian" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

Forms: more Araucarian [comparative], most Araucarian [superlative]
Etymology: Araucaria + -ian. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|Araucaria|-ian}} Araucaria + -ian Head templates: {{en-adj}} Araucarian (comparative more Araucarian, superlative most Araucarian)
  1. Alternative letter-case form of araucarian Tags: alt-of Alternative form of: araucarian
    Sense id: en-Araucarian-en-adj-IN4qNscS
  2. Of or pertaining to the cryptic crossword style used by "Araucaria" (John Galbraith Graham); focused on humour and lateral thinking rather than strict grammaticality.
    Sense id: en-Araucarian-en-adj-KeB50Epk Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -ian Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 8 92 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 10 90 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ian: 4 96

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