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Tuˈpperian, a. and n.
a. adj. Of, belonging to, or in the style of Martin F. Tupper's Proverbial Philosophy (1838–42).
b. n. An admirer of Tupper. So ˈTupperish a., ˈTupperism, ˈTupperize v.
1858O. W. Holmes Aut. Breakf.-t. xi. (1891) 271 Whether I dipped them from the ocean of Tupperian wisdom,..I cannot say. 1866Reader No. 168. 271/3 Tupperian pretentiousness and moralizations. 1869Baring-Gould Orig. Relig. Belief (1878) II. xx. 380 Truth must be Tupperish—allow me the word,—or public opinion will not tolerate it. 1870J. R. Lowell Among my Books 114 The gradual degeneration of a poetic faith into the ritual of unimaginative Tupperism. 1870Observer 13 Nov., Tupperising in deerskin breeches is not an intellectual frolic that we can contemplate with patience. 1905Daily Chron. 20 June 3/3 Our fathers found entertainment and even worldly wisdom in the Tupperisms of yesterday. |