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Menzian

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Etymology

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From Menzies +‎ -an.

Adjective

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Menzian (comparative more Menzian, superlative most Menzian)

  1. (Australian politics) In the style or manner of former Australian centre-right politician and Prime Minister Sir Robert Menzies, the founder of the Liberal Party.
    • 1937 October 9, Smith's Weekly, Sydney, page 12, column 1:
      It is also his considered opinion that a condition precedent to any legislative action is that those best qualified to pronounce on the merits of a popular demand examine it in all its aspects. That is good Menzian legalese, as pompous as parody permits.