Stradivarian

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adjective

Of or relating to the Stradivari family who built stringed instruments in the 17th and 18th centuries.

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Meanings

adjectiveStradivarian (comparative more Stradivarian, superlative most Stradivarian)

comparative more Stradivarian · superlative most Stradivarian

  1. Of or relating to the Stradivari family who built stringed instruments in the 17th and 18th centuries.
  2. Like a Stradivarius instrument.

    For not only are computers as dumb as a billion marbles, they’re also positively Stradivarian in their delicacy.

    2015, Paul Ford, "What Is Code?", section 2.3, in Bloomberg Businessweek, June 11, 2015

Origin

From Italian Stradivari + -an.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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