Bakerian

adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Applied to prize lectures by fellows of the Royal Society on natural history or experimental philosophy. not-comparable

Etymology

From Baker + -ian, named after Henry Baker, its original sponsor in 1775.

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