α. 1800s– Liverpuddlian (rare), 1800s– Liverpudlian.
β. 1800s– Liverpoodlian (rare).
Liverpudliann.adj.
/ˌlɪvəˈpʌdlɪən/, U.S. /ˌlɪvərˈpədliən/ A. n.
1. A native or inhabitant of the city of Liverpool.
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the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Europe > British nation > English nation > [noun] > native or inhabitant of England > other towns
Oxonianc1540
Yarmouthian1614
Manchesterian1645
Novocastrian1645
wacker1768
Stratfordian1769
Mancunian1771
docker1791
Yorkist1796
Dicky Sam1820
Brummie1824
Liverpudlian1833
Yarmouth bloater1849
Exonian1871
Grimbarian1886
Cheltonian1887
Plym1913
Hoxtoniana1935
scouse1945
loiner1950
Scouser1959
Wulfrunian1959
Manc1961
pie eater1985
1833 New Sporting Mag. 5 40 As Mr. Canning said to the Liverpudlians.
1849 A. H. Clough Corr. 15 Feb. (1957) I. 243 I like the Manchester people..better a good deal than the Liverpuddlians.
1863 Musical World 24 Oct. 683/2 Mozart's song seemed too quiet and too unsensational for the Liverpudlians.
1891 L. C. Elson European Reminisc. (1896) 11 The usual bother with customs follows, but..the eminent Liverpudlian, who gazes at my wearing apparel and my soiled linen, finds neither alcohol, nor cigars, nor dynamite.
1928 Times 2 Oct. 12/5 A special Liverpool or South-West Lancashire word is ‘Dicky-Sam’, which I have often heard applied to a Liverpudlian ‘born and bred’.
1966 ‘L. Lane’ ABZ of Scouse 93 Scouser, an inhabitant of Merseyside, not necessarily a Liverpudlian.
1987 D. Self in W. Russell Our Day Out (1993) 4 This illustrates one of the distinctive characteristics of the Liverpudlian: not matter how grim life may seem, a native wit and sense of humour remains undefeated.
2005 Time Out N.Y. 27 Jan. 109/3 The four Liverpudlians in the Stands have accents that charm American girls down to their Jimmy Choos.
2. The dialect or accent of people from Liverpool; = scouse n. 2b.
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the mind > language > languages of the world > Indo-Hittite > [noun] > Indo-European > Germanic > English > British English > English English
north country1698
west country1711
Yorkshire1717
Kenticism1735
English English1783
cockney1812
Cockneyese1823
East Angliana1825
Somersetian1825
Northumbrian1845
Norfolk1863
Kentish1866
Doric1870
Kensingtonian1911
Mummerset1915
Geordie1928
Hoxtoniana1935
scouse1963
mockney1967
Kensington1968
Liverpudlian1985
Jafaican2006
MLE2006
Multicultural London English2006
1985 Toronto Star 17 Oct. a17/1 You won't find them demanding Liverpudlian be taught as a second language.
1988 T. Wynne-Jones Fastyngange 170 ‘Take a seat,’ she said in nasal Liverpudlian.
1997 Daily Tel. 25 Apr. 46/6 All the familiar preoccupations emerged, translated to Liverpudlian.
2006 Herald (Glasgow) (Nexis) 7 Oct. 9 She had to learn to speak Liverpudlian when she first went to the Everyman Theatre.
B. adj.
Belonging to Liverpool.
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the world > the earth > named regions of earth > named cities or towns > [adjective] > in Britain > Liverpool
Liverpudlian1847
1847 J. Leech Church-goer: Rural Rides 231 The Liverpudlian orator caried [sic] off the palm of attraction: Christ Church was a concrete mass of human beings in the morning, and St. Matthew's was positively heaped up in the evening.
1887 Pall Mall Gaz. 26 Jan. 1/1 The division..is a fairly typical section of the Liverpudlian electorate.
1936 Times 3 Mar. 56 William Roscoe, an eminent Liverpudlian banker, led the way with ‘The Butterfly's Ball’.
1959 I. Opie & P. Opie Lore & Lang. Schoolchildren xvii. 372 Sagging..is definitely the prevailing term [for playing truant] amongst delinquents in all parts of Liverpool. A student..adds ‘scowing’ as a Liverpudlian expression.
1972 R. Allen Skinhead Escapes xix. 111 Colin stepped in with a broad Paddy-smile and a lot of Liverpudlian common-sense to boot.
2005 S. Elmes Talking for Brit. ix. 233 Sarah and her companions remember with pleasure the very Liverpudlian experience of street-play in the heart of the city.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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