verbarian

English

Etymology

verb +‎ -arian

Pronunciation

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Noun

verbarian (plural verbarians)

1. (rare) One who coins words.
   • 1873, Fitzedward Hall, Modern English:

     Southey gives himself free scope as a verbarian.

Adjective

verbarian (not comparable)

1. (obsolete) Of or relating to words; verbal.
   • 1830, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, On the Constitution of the Church and State:

     That friend […] added, with a smile, that he had more than once amused himself with the thought of a verbarian Attorney-General, authorized to bring informations ex officio against the writer or editor of any work in extensive circulation, who, after due notice issued, should persevere in misusing a word.