See Also: bogsucker(medicine)

Wykehamist (iou) and bogsucker (medicine)


Wykehamist (iou)



Wykehamist noun & adjective. M18.
[mod. Latin Wykehamista, from William of Wykeham (1324-1404), Bishop of Winchester and founder of Winchester College: see -IST.]
A. noun. A past or present member of Winchester College, the oldest English public school. M18.
b. adjective. = WYKEHAMICAL adjective 1. M19.
Wykehamite noun = WYKEHAMIST noun E19.

bogsucker (medicine)


bogsucker
<zoology> The American woodcock; so called from its feeding among the bogs.

Source: Websters Dictionary