Pickwickian

Pick·wick·i·an  (pk-wk-n)

adj.

1. Simple and kind: a Pickwickian uncle.

2. Meant or understood in an idiosyncratic or unusual way: a word used in a Pickwickian manner.

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[After Mr. Pickwick, central character in The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club by Charles Dickens.]

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Pickwickian [pɪkˈwɪkɪən]

adj

1. (Literary & Literary Critical Terms) of, relating to, or resembling Mr Pickwick in The Pickwick Papers, a novel by English novelist Charles Dickens (1812-70), esp in being naive or benevolent

2. (Literary & Literary Critical Terms) (of the use or meaning of a word, etc.) odd or unusual