Noun: wellerism
| Singular | wellerism |
| Plural | wellerisms |
Sample Sentences
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[…]without adding the names of those who were widely known to be responsible for the coinage of such wellerisms. [1994, Journal of Liberal Studies, Volume 4, Issues 1-2, University of Nigeria, page 93:]
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Dickens used wellerisms already in his letters prior to writing Pickwick Papers. [1997, George B. Bryan, Wolfgang Mieder, The Proverbial Charles Dickens, Peter Lang, page 27:]
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2002, Fionnuala Carson Williams, Wellerisms in Ireland, University of Vermont, page 38,
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In many cases where a wellerism and a folktale are connected the quote in the wellerism is a set sentence like 'Up and at it!' which is well-known apart from the wellerism.
Nouns inflected like wellerism
soldier's woundwort,
Nicosian,
whopper,
greypate,
tactile sign language,
chronotrope,
Rosie Lee,
dissentient,
photoinactivator,
sulphonediimine,
coastal waterfall,
residuary devise,
bituminization,
nitrosonaphthol,
smṛiti,
geosphere,
backscreen,
mensuralist,
flocculate,
flocculant, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology