Definition of Callithumpian

1. Adjective. Of or relating to a callithump.

Derivative terms: Callithump, Callithump
Partainyms: Callithump

Definition of Callithumpian

1. a. Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a callithump.

Definition of Callithumpian

1. Adjective. (American English) Of, relating to, or resembling a callithump. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Callithumpian

1. [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Callithumpian

calliper
callipered
callipering
callipers
callipygean
callipygian
callipygous
callisection
callisections
callisthenic
callisthenic exercise
callisthenics
callithrix
callithump
callithump parade
callithumpian (current term)
callithumps
callitrichid
callitrichids
callitrichinae
callop
callops
callosal
callosal convolution
callosal gyrus
callosal sulcus
callose
callosectomy
calloses
callositas

Literary usage of Callithumpian

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The American History and Encyclopedia of Music by Janet M. Green, Josephine Thrall (1908)
"... steam whistles toned to the notes of the scale and played by keys arranged like those of a pipe organ. callithumpian Boisterous, riotous, ..."

2. The Atlantic Monthly by Making of America Project (1865)
"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 ..."

3. English Pageantry: An Historical Outline by Robert Withington (1920)
"... i July (" Dominion Day ") with " callithumpian " processions,2 which are parades of " horribles " with a trade-element added.3 In many Canadian towns, ..."

4. The Knickerbocker: Or, New-York Monthly Magazine by Charles Fenno Hoffman, Timothy Flint, Lewis Gaylord Clark, Kinahan Cornwallis, John Holmes Agnew (1841)
"The Chipps have got back to the metropolis. « That capital fellow, Jo Annis, has taken the theatre at Buffalo. Success to him. * The callithumpian*) are ut ..."

5. ... Pageantry and Dramatics in Religious Education by William V. Meredith (1921)
"... or, forgetting her dignity, she may act as drum major for a "callithumpian procession" or a circus parade; or, remembering past history, she may, ..."

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