aldermanic

English

Etymology

alderman +‎ -ic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌɔːldə(ɹ)ˈmænɪk/

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Adjective

aldermanic (comparative more aldermanic, superlative most aldermanic)

1. Of or pertaining to an alderman.
   • 2010 September, Toby Weiss, "Identify and Revitalize Key Areas", St. Louis magazine, ISSN 1090-5723, volume 16, issue 9, page 86:

     I would help finance the aldermanic campaigns of people who […] .

2. (Of size) plump, rotund, fleshy.
   • 1917, Samuel G. Camp, The Fine Art of Fishing‎^[1]:

     The male trout of this weight, however finely marked with various tints of blue, crimson, and gold, tends dangerously to aldermanic girth […] .

   • 1947 October 25, “Nicknamed 'Marrow Jack'”, in The Adelaide Mail, page 1:

     In the first place it had been the means of reducing his still aldermanic figure by a stone in weight […] .

3. (Of a sum) substantial, considerable, sizeable.
   • 1860 December 14, “The Japanese bill growing smaller”, in The New York Times, page 4:

     The proposed reduction is a substantial one, cutting down the total of the bill from $105,000, the Aldermanic figure, to $90,000, which must be somewhere in the neighborhood of an honest amount.