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Oxonian

adjective

Of or pertaining to or characteristic of Oxford University.

Of or pertaining to or characteristic of the city of Oxford, England, or its inhabitants. "Oxonian bookstores"

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"Oxonian" Quotes from Famous Books

... "what is the matter?" and it goes far to show how harassed that polished Oxonian was when he replied, "If you don't take your face out of ...

— Penny Plain • Anna Buchan (writing as O. Douglas)

... delightful chatterbox had been taken down shorthand and printed, and Vizard had been set down to Severni Opuscula, ten volumes— and, mind you, Severne had talked all ten by this time—the Barfordshire squire and old Oxonian would have cried out for "more matter with less art," and perhaps have even fled for relief to some shorter treatise—Bacon's "Essays," Browne's "Religio Medici," or Buckle's "Civilization." But lounging in a balcony, ...

— The Woman-Hater • Charles Reade

Words linked to "Oxonian" : English person, oxford