Macintoshian

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adjective

Resembling or characteristic of a Macintosh computer.

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Meanings

adjectiveMacintoshian (comparative more Macintoshian, superlative most Macintoshian)

comparative more Macintoshian · superlative most Macintoshian

  1. Resembling or characteristic of a Macintosh computer.

    The program's most quintessentially Macintoshian feature, one as yet unique among spreadsheets, is its icon bar, which resides at the top of the screen just below the standard menu bar.

    1985 September 15, Erik Snadberg-Diment, “Number Crunching on the Macintosh”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, archived from the original on 10 Apr 2023

Origin

From Macintosh + -ian.

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APA

Macintoshian. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Macintoshian

MLA

“Macintoshian.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Macintoshian. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Macintoshian,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Macintoshian.

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