verbarian (plural verbarians)
(rare) One who coins words.
verbarian (not comparable)
(obsolete) Of or relating to words; verbal.
That friend […] added, with a smile, that he had more than once amused himself with the thought of a verbarian Attorney-General, authorized to bring informations ex officio against the writer or editor of any work in extensive circulation, who, after due notice issued, should persevere in misusing a word.
Source: Wiktionary
Ver*ba"ri*an, a.
Definition: Of or pertaining to words; verbal. [R.] Coleridge.
Ver*ba"ri*an, n.
Definition: One who coins words. [R.] Southey gives himself free scope as a verbarian. Fitzed. Hall.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
14 November 2024
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