PICKWICKIAN


Meaning of PICKWICKIAN in English

adj. 1 of or like Mr Pickwick in Dickens's Pickwick Papers, esp. in being jovial, plump, etc. 2 (of words or their sense) misunderstood or misused, esp. to avoid offence.

Concise Oxford English dictionary.      Краткий оксфордский словарь английского языка.