Tupperianadj.n.
A. adj.
Of, belonging to, or in the style of Tupper's Proverbial Philosophy (1838–42).
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the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > [adjective] > styles associated with particular philosophers
Tupperian1858
Tupperish1870
1858 O. W. Holmes Autocrat of Breakfast-table in Atlantic Monthly Sept. 504/1 Whether I dipped them from the ocean of Tupperian wisdom,..I cannot say.
1866 Reader No. 168. 271/3 Tupperian pretentiousness and moralizations.
B. n.
An admirer of Tupper.
Derivatives
ˈTupperish adj.
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the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > [adjective] > styles associated with particular philosophers
Tupperian1858
Tupperish1870
1870 S. Baring-Gould Origin Relig. Belief II. xx. 380 Truth must be Tupperish—allow me the word,—or public opinion will not tolerate it.
ˈTupperism n.
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the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > [noun] > styles associated with particular philosophers
Lockeanism1710
Tupperism1870
1870 J. R. Lowell Among my Bks. 114 The gradual degeneration of a poetic faith into the ritual of unimaginative Tupperism.
1905 Daily Chron. 20 June 3/3 Our fathers found entertainment and even worldly wisdom in the Tupperisms of yesterday.
ˈTupperize v.
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the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > [verb (intransitive)] > style associated with particular philosopher
Tupperize1870
1870 Observer 13 Nov. Tupperising in deerskin breeches is not an intellectual frolic that we can contemplate with patience.
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