Callithumpian
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Callithumpian is an adjective meaning (US, colloquial, dated) Of, relating to, or resembling a callithump; riotous.
Meaning
(US, colloquial, dated) Of, relating to, or resembling a callithump; riotous.
Example Sentences
callithumpian band
callithumpian procession
There was never a tutor's windows to be broken in, or a callithumpian frolic, (which were in vogue in those days,) but Maverick bore a hand in both; […]
He had been entertaining a regular callithumpian parade of Red Cross commissioners from America, and he probably felt that he had seen the worst and that this was just another cross.
Word Forms
- calathumpian
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include riotous, ragmatical, humplike, tumultuous, clownly, rollicksome.
Related Dictionary Tools
Sources & Attribution
FreeDictionaryAPI.com / Wiktionary · Original source · CC BY-SA 4.0
Dictionary data is provided by FreeDictionaryAPI.com and sourced from Wiktionary under its stated license.