Meanings
- not comparableOf, pertaining to or characteristic of Winchester College.
A prized possession of mine is a recording of Empson reading his poems in a tone of voice that I believe no other human being can match, even if that person also combined Wykehamist, Cantabrigian, and Chinese accents.
2010, Steven L. Isenberg, The American Scholar, Lunching on OlympusSynonyms: Wykehamical
plural Wykehamists
- An undergraduate, graduate or fellow of Winchester College.
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveOf, pertaining to or characteristic of Winchester College.
Origin
From Wykeham + -ist, after William of Wykeham, the founder of Winchester College.
Full word history & related roots →Cite this entry
Wykehamist. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Wykehamist
“Wykehamist.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Wykehamist. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Wykehamist,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Wykehamist.
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