Meanings
nounPickwickian syndrome (uncountable)
- uncountableObesity hypoventilation syndrome.
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Origin
Named after Charles Dickens' The Pickwick Papers, one of whose characters is a sleepy fat boy.
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Pickwickian syndrome. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Pickwickian%20syndrome
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