bicyclian

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English

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Etymology

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From bicycle +‎ -ian.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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bicyclian (not comparable)

  1. (rare) Of or pertaining to a bicycle or bicycles.
    • 1885, Joseph Grinnell Dalton, Lyra Bicyclica: Sixty Poets on the Wheel[1]:
      Bicyclian bards who sung / Wheely ideas below
    • 1967, Jan Pen, A primer on international trade, page 15:
      It is quite possible that the United States has a highly productive automobile industry and a highly productive bicycle industry, while the Bicyclian automobile industry and the bicycle industry are at a lower level of productivity []
    • 1990, Robert Grudin, The Grace of Great Things: Creativity and Innovation:
      The bicyclian politics, which springs from a profoundly liberal commitment to the sharing of other people's rights, is seen to apply without discrimination on road, sidewalk, and lawn.

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