"Bickerstaffian" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

Forms: more Bickerstaffian [comparative], most Bickerstaffian [superlative]
Etymology: Bickerstaff + -ian Etymology templates: {{suf|en|Bickerstaff|ian}} Bickerstaff + -ian Head templates: {{en-adj}} Bickerstaffian (comparative more Bickerstaffian, superlative most Bickerstaffian)
  1. Of or relating to Isaac Bickerstaff, a pseudonym used by Jonathan Swift as part of a hoax to predict the death of then-famous Almanac-maker and astrologer John Partridge.
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