Etymology

antidisestablishmentarian

Today it means: One who believes that the Church of England should retain its formal constitutional relationship with the state. Full definition →

First used hapax legomenon from 19th c.English disestablishment ← Middle English dis- ← Latin dis-
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  1. Englishanti-
  2. Latindis-
  3. Old Frenchdes-
  4. Latindis-
  5. Middle Englishdis-
  6. Englishdis-
  7. Englishestablishment
  8. Englishdis-
  9. Englishestablish
  10. Englishdisestablishment
  11. English todayantidisestablishmentarian

From anti- + disestablishment + -arian.

First known use, by meaning

  • hapax legomenon from 19th c. One who believes that the Church of England should retain its formal constitutional relationship with the state.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.