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brontosaurian, a.|brɒntəˈsɔːrɪən|
Also Bronto-.
[f. prec. or next + -ian.]
Of or pertaining to a brontosaurus; freq. fig., antiquated; clumsy, ineffectual.
1909‘Mark Twain’ Is Shakes. Dead? v. 50 Two of these cults are known as the Shakespearites and the Baconians, and I am the other one—the Brontosaurian. 1974Encycl. Brit. Micropædia II. 296/2 Brontosaurian brains would seem to have been almost too small to have efficiently coordinated such a large animal. 1977Time 28 Nov. 64/3 He still parks his brontosaurian 1954 Caddy behind West Hollywood's Tropicana motel. |