| 释义 |
verˈbarian, a. and n.
[f. L. verb-um word, after forms in -arian.]
a. adj. Having to do with words.
b. n. An inventor or coiner of words.
1830Coleridge Church & State (1839) 25 note, A verbarian Attorney-General, authorized to bring information..against the writer or editor of any work..who..should persevere in misusing a word. 1873F. Hall Mod. Eng. 21 In The Doctor, Southey gives himself free scope as a verbarian. |