Pickwickian

Meaning

Adjective

arbitrary or meaningless
Having, or relating to, Pickwickian syndrome.
Of or relating to The Pickwick Papers, its storyline, or its characters (chiefly Mr Pickwick himself).

Origin

Pickwick + -ian, from The Pickwick Papers (1836) by Charles Dickens, in which members of the Pickwick Club explain away unparliamentary language as having been uttered "in the Pickwickian sense".

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