VERBARIAN

Etymology

Noun

verbarian (plural verbarians)

(rare) One who coins words.

Adjective

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



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