Araucarian
See also: araucarian
English
Etymology
Araucaria + -ian.
Adjective
Araucarian (comparative more Araucarian, superlative most Araucarian)
- Alternative letter-case form of araucarian
- Of or pertaining to the cryptic crossword style used by "Araucaria" (John Galbraith Graham); focused on humour and lateral thinking rather than strict grammaticality.
- 2008 January 23, Colin Blackburn, “Independent crossword online”, in rec.puzzles.crosswords, Usenet:
- They vary as much as the Guardian but generally exclude the more Araucarian style of puzzle.
- 2012, David Astle, Puzzled: Secrets and clues from a life in words:
- True-blue Ximeneans would be appalled – a rubbery clue, a deviant whim, not a verb in sight – but I reckon it's funny, and inventive, and Araucarian – the other word to describe libertarians.
- 2013, T. Campbell, On Crosswords: Thoughts, Studies, Facts and Snark About a 100-Year-Old Pastime, page 156:
- The clues were close to Ximenean standards, with just the occasional superfluous "to" or "a". But solvers detected another, Araucarian layer of meaning
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Antonyms
- (crosswords): Ximenean