gorillian

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adjective

of, relating to, or resembling a gorilla.

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Meanings

adjective
  1. nonstandardrareof, relating to, or resembling a gorilla.

    Barton was gorillian of build, all of it muscle, and Churchillian of jaw, all of it stubborn, but for all that amazingly good at not trampling over the authority of village elders.

    1998, Dana Stabenow, Fire and Ice, page 77
    1 more example

    […] the voices of animals begin to open to the dramaturgical. The gorilla's visual (chest pounding) and auditory (roaring) gestures are simultaneously posturing and actions, creating the aura that is distinctively gorillian.

    2012, Don Ihde, Listening and Voice: Phenomenologies of Sound, Second Edition

Origin

From gorilla + -ian.

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APA

gorillian. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gorillian

MLA

“gorillian.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gorillian. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “gorillian,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gorillian.

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