† mofussiliten.adj.
Anglo-Indian. Obsolete.
A. n.
A native or inhabitant of the mofussil. Cf. mofussil n.
ΘΚΠ
the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Asia > native or inhabitant of India > [noun] > native or inhabitant of India > parts of
Malabar1582
Gujaratic1607
Bengalan1613
Goan1652
Hindustan1662
Macassar1665
Gangetic1677
Malabarian1709
Mysorean1761
Bengalese1778
Assamese1794
Hindustani1813
Marwari1815
Sindhi1815
mofussilite1828
Mizo1832
Goanese1835
Punjabi1843
Bengali1848
Sindian1849
Madrasi1851
Toda1851
Hindia1853
Lushai1862
Kashmirian1876
Kashmir1882
Kashmiri1882
Konkani1885
ditcher1886
Ladakhi1893
Bihari1897
Sikkimese1938
Rajasthani1947
Maharashtrian1953
1828 C. D'Oyly Tom Raw, Griffin 207 I cut a Poor figure here to what I did—lost caste! By being a Mofussilite—but that's all past.
1845 (title of newspaper) The Mofussilite.
1848 J. H. Stocqueler Oriental Interpreter 151/2 Individuals quartered in the provinces are styled mofussilites.
1888 Bookseller's Catal. (Bombay) To Purchasers Mofussilites should always send the price and postage of the books beforehand.
B. adj.
Of, relating to, or belonging to the mofussil.
ΚΠ
1857 Househ. Words 26 Sept. 293/1 A Mofussilite or provincial paper.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2002; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
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