Tupperian

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adjective

Of or relating to the English poet and novelist Martin Farquhar Tupper (1810–1889).

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Meanings

adjectiveTupperian (comparative more Tupperian, superlative most Tupperian)

comparative more Tupperian · superlative most Tupperian

  1. Of or relating to the English poet and novelist Martin Farquhar Tupper (1810–1889).

    […]whether I cribbed them from Balzac,—whether I dipped them from the ocean of Tupperian wisdom,—or whether I have just found them in my head, […].

    1857–1858, Oliver Wendell Holmes [Sr.], chapter XI, in The Autocrat of the Breakfast-Table, Boston, Mass.: Phillips, Sampson and Company, published 1858, →OCLC, page 317

Origin

From Tupper + -ian.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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