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Stradivarian

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Etymology

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From Stradivari +‎ -an.

Adjective

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Stradivarian (comparative more Stradivarian, superlative most Stradivarian)

  1. Of or relating to the Stradivari family who built stringed instruments in the 17th and 18th centuries.
  2. Like a Stradivarius instrument.
    • 2015, Paul Ford, "What Is Code?", section 2.3, in Bloomberg Businessweek, June 11, 2015:
      For not only are computers as dumb as a billion marbles, they’re also positively Stradivarian in their delicacy.