Tupperian
adj
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Of or relating to the English poet and novelist Martin Farquhar Tupper (1810–1889).
"[…]whether I cribbed them from Balzac,—whether I dipped them from the ocean of Tupperian wisdom,—or whether I have just found them in my head, […]."
Example
More examples"[…]whether I cribbed them from Balzac,—whether I dipped them from the ocean of Tupperian wisdom,—or whether I have just found them in my head, […]."
Etymology
From Tupper + -ian.
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