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woosterian

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
woos-t-e-ri-an
IPA
13
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
5
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

foppish and affected

Etymology

From Wooster + -ian, after Bertie Wooster, the protagonist of P. G. Wodehouse's Jeeves series of comic novels.

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

more Woosterian (comparative) most Woosterian (superlative)

Frequently Paired Words

Woosterism Jeevesian

Synonyms

dandy buckish beauish coxcombical dandiacal dandified dandyish dandyistic dudish foppish foppy Jemmy-Jessamy

Questions

What does woosterian mean?
foppish and affected
Where does woosterian come from?
From Wooster + -ian, after Bertie Wooster, the protagonist of P. G. Wodehouse's Jeeves series of comic novels.

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