COVIDian

English

Alternative forms

• Covidian, covidian

Etymology

From COVID +‎ -ian.

Adjective

COVIDian (comparative more COVIDian, superlative most COVIDian)

1. (neologism) Of, related to, or characteristic of COVID-19 or the 2019-20 coronavirus pandemic.
   • 2020 March 26, Glenda Bartosh, “Life in COVIDian times: What to do when you have to keep calm and not quite carry on”, in Pique Newsmagazine, volume 27, number 13, page 38:

     I contacted nearly 70 friends and colleagues in Sea to Sky before I wrote this column asking just that, and for their tips for sustenance—both real and metaphoric—to keep the COVIDian blues at bay.

   • 2020 April 18, Ian Warden, “Australians all let us deJoyce”, in The Canberra Times‎^[1]:

     They, the properly-cocked (cluey immunologists, epidemiologists, chief health officers, economists divining the Covidian impacts on the economy, and well-informed others) are the new actors on our stage.

   • 2020 April 23, Barry Coulter, “World O’ Words: Hemerophiles, and a new era of synanthropization”, in Cranbrook Daily Townsman‎^[2]:

     The Covidian Age is a great time to be hemerophile. Just think of the raccoons of Toronto. Human activity is so reduced in urban centres that by the time things return to normal, raccoons will be empowered to demand rights for themselves, or seek seats on City Council.

   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:COVIDian.

Translations

characteristic of COVID-19

• Catalan: covidià (ca) m
• Galician: covidiano m
• Spanish: covidiano

Noun

COVIDian (plural COVIDians)

1. (informal) A person who is very concerned about coronavirus, and is in favor of all kinds of preventive measures.
   • 2021 April 11, Rahul da Cunha, “Types of CoVidians”, in Mid-Day‎^[3]:

Translations

person concerned about COVID-19

• Catalan: covidià (ca) m
• Galician: covidiano m
• Spanish: covidiano m