ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Paraphernalian

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech adjective

Quick meaning: Paraphernalian is an adjective meaning Relating to paraphernalia.

Meaning

Relating to paraphernalia.

Example Sentences

The belief in the possibility of being devil-possessed was an unarguable belief in the existence of a devil personified; a devil with hairy body, cloven foot, horns, toasting-fork, and all the rest of the devilish paraphernalian make-up; […]
I would have to remind her, counteringly, that you don’t pick the person who fronts your life—you get picked, you watch the picker’s ankles vanish into the scrunched socks afterward (his whole body going blank behind the blue-black of the uniform), and the picker goes off in the starkest of transportations: you keep an ear cocked ever after for the return of his van and its paraphernalian clatter in the gravelled driveway.

Synonyms for paraphernalian

Depending on context, synonyms include paraphernal.

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