"Grandisonian" meaning in All languages combined

See Grandisonian on Wiktionary

Adjective [English]

Forms: more Grandisonian [comparative], most Grandisonian [superlative]
Etymology: From Grandison + -ian. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|Grandison|ian}} Grandison + -ian Head templates: {{en-adj}} Grandisonian (comparative more Grandisonian, superlative most Grandisonian)
  1. scrupulously moral and chivalrous, like the fictional Sir Charles Grandison in The History of Sir Charles Grandison (1753), an epistolary novel by Samuel Richardson.
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