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Pickwickian
Pick·wick·i·an P0288450 (pĭk-wĭk′ē-ən)adj.1. Simple and kind: a Pickwickian uncle.2. Meant or understood in an idiosyncratic or unusual way: a word used in a Pickwickian manner. [After Mr. Pickwick, central character in The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club by Charles Dickens.]Pickwickian (pɪkˈwɪkɪən) adj1. (Literary & Literary Critical Terms) of, relating to, or resembling Mr Pickwick in Charles Dickens' The Pickwick Papers, esp in being naive or benevolent2. (Literary & Literary Critical Terms) (of the use or meaning of a word, etc) odd or unusualPick•wick•i•an (pɪkˈwɪk i ən) adj. 1. simple, kind, endearing, or otherwise like Mr. Pickwick, central character of Charles Dickens' novel The Pickwick Papers (1837). 2. (of the use or interpretation of a word or phrase) odd or unusual.
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