corpuscularian

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UK/kɔːˈpʌs.kjʊˈlɛəɹi.ən/US/kɔɹˈpʌs.kjəˈlɛɹi.ən/

adjective

Pertaining to or consisting of corpuscules; corpuscular.

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Meanings

adjectivecorpuscularian (comparative more corpuscularian, superlative most corpuscularian)

comparative more corpuscularian · superlative most corpuscularian

  1. obsoletePertaining to or consisting of corpuscules; corpuscular.
  2. historicalRelated to the corpuscular theory; pertaining to corpuscules or atoms; atomic.

    Boerhaave promoted mechanistic disease explanation within a corpuscularian matter theory, seeing health in terms of hydrostatic equilibrium, a balance of internal fluid pressures.

    1997, Roy Porter, The Greatest Benefit to Mankind, Folio Society, published 2016, page 239
nouncorpuscularian (plural corpuscularians)

plural corpuscularians

  1. datedAn adherent of the corpuscular theory of chemistry.

Origin

From corpuscular + -ian.

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Rhymes & wordplay

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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