Wykehamist
English edit
Etymology edit
Wykeham + -ist, after William of Wykeham, the founder of Winchester College.
Adjective edit
Wykehamist (not comparable)
- Of, pertaining to or characteristic of Winchester College.
- Synonym: Wykehamical
- 2010, Steven L. Isenberg, The American Scholar, Lunching on Olympus[1]:
- 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.
Noun edit
Wykehamist (plural Wykehamists)
- An undergraduate, graduate or fellow of Winchester College.