Vectisian

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English

Etymology

From Vectis +‎ -ian

Pronunciation

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Adjective

Vectisian (comparative more Vectisian, superlative most Vectisian)

  1. (rare) Of or pertaining to the Isle of Wight.
    • 1857 October 17, “Observation and Inference”, in The Entomologist's Weekly Intelligencer‎[1], volume 3, number 55, E. Newman, page 17:
      We are not not going to discuss the causes which have induced the Vectesian agriculturalists to arrive at this conclusion; […]
    • 1947, Cuthbert Hamilton Ellis, The Trains We Loved‎[2], Allen:
      The first stretch of Vectesian railway to be encountered by most visitors from London belonged to none of the island railways.
    • 2005 August 27, Tony Davison, “Re:back”, in uk.misc‎[3] (Usenet):
      When did you last go to the IOW. Its been there donkeys years.¶ Probably what makes people scream when they use it and notice the signs of Vectisian maintenance,[sic]

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