Callithumpian

adj, slang

adj, slang ·Uncommon ·College level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Of, relating to, or resembling a callithump; riotous. US, colloquial, dated

    "callithumpian band"

Adjective
  1. 1
    of or relating to a callithump wordnet

Example

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"There was never a tutor's windows to be broken in, or a callithumpian frolic, (which were in vogue in those days,) but Maverick bore a hand in both; […]"

Etymology

From callithump + -ian.

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