Hogwartian
adj, noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 A resident of Hogwarts.
"The departed Hogwartians in the portraits that line the school’s corridors leave their frames and visit one another."
- 1 Alternative form of Hogwartsian. alt-of, alternative
"You cannot go to Turin without expecting to see its greatest attraction: the Sindone, or as we call it in English, the Shroud. The problem is that the Turin Shroud is kept well and truly shrouded in the Duomo, the rather subdued Renaissance cathedral. Enclosed in a Hogwartian trunk behind a sheet of plate glass, bulletproofed in case anyone wanted to assassinate it, the shroud’s appearances are strictly controlled."
Synonyms
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More examples"You cannot go to Turin without expecting to see its greatest attraction: the Sindone, or as we call it in English, the Shroud. The problem is that the Turin Shroud is kept well and truly shrouded in the Duomo, the rather subdued Renaissance cathedral. Enclosed in a Hogwartian trunk behind a sheet of plate glass, bulletproofed in case anyone wanted to assassinate it, the shroud’s appearances are strictly controlled."
Etymology
From Hogwart(s) + -ian.
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