anythingarian

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UK/ˌɛnɪθɪŋˈɛəɹɪən/

noun

A person who does not profess any particular creed; an indifferentist.

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Meanings

nounanythingarian (plural anythingarians)

plural anythingarians

  1. derogatorylifestyleA person who does not profess any particular creed; an indifferentist.

    They made puir Robbie Burns an anythingarian with their blethers.

    1850, Charles Kingsley, chapter 22, in Alton Locke, Tailor and Poet
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    Such bifarious anythingarians, that always make their interest the standard of their religion.

    ante 1704, The Works of Tom Brown, volume 3, page 97

    Lady Smart. What Religion is he of? Ld. Sparkiſh. Why he is an Anythingarian. Lady Anſw. I believe, he has his Religion to chuſe, my Lord.

    1738, Jonathan Swift, Polite Conversation, dialogue 1

    He is an episcopalian, an agnostic, an anythingarian seeking to overthrow our holy faith.

    1922 February 2, James Joyce, “[Episode 15: Circe]”, in Ulysses, Paris: Shakespeare and Company […], →OCLC, part II [Odyssey], page 463

Origin

From anything + -arian, by analogy with unitarian, trinitarian, etc.

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APA

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Chicago

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