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Wykehamist, n. and a.|ˈwɪkəmɪst|
Also 8 Wykhamist, Wiccamist.
[ad. mod.L. Wykehamista (16th c.), f. the name William of Wykeham (1324–1404), Bishop of Winchester, and founder of Winchester College (1382) and New College, Oxford (1379).]
A. n. One who is or has been a pupil at Winchester College.
1758C. Golding Def. Cond. 51 Lest any Wykhamist should be offended. 1773Hist. & Antiq. Winchester I. 147 Andrew Phillips..shared the piety and doctrine of the Wiccamists. 1782J. Nichols Sel. Collect. Poems VIII. 75 Young Cibber, being likewise a Wykehamist, called on Dr. Ridley. 1860Walcott Cathedrals 251 That most characteristic gathering of Wykehamists old and young. 1885Athenæum 4 July 14/3 The governors of Harrow have successively appointed the most learned and single-minded of Wykehamists. 1903[see Wykehamical a. 2].
B. adj. = Wykehamical a. 1.
1865(title), Wykehamist Meeting. The anniversary festival will be holden..May 17, 1865. 1867A. T. Drane Chr. Schools II. vii. 260 The Wykehamist Colleges..opened the way to other foundations of a similar description. 1891Athenæum 14 Feb. 212/1 It may reasonably be hoped that this is not Wykehamist Greek. |