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tobacconalian

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English

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Etymology

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Blend of tobacco +‎ Bacchanalian

Adjective

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tobacconalian (comparative more tobacconalian, superlative most tobacconalian)

  1. (humorous) Fond of tobacco.

Noun

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tobacconalian (plural tobacconalians)

  1. (humorous) A person who is fond of tobacco.
    • 1858 November, “The Little Giant”, in The Knickerbocker: Or, New-York Monthly Magazine:
      It was immediately after breakfast, and I was seated in my room enjoying the unspeakable luxury of my first pipe, which, with me as with all confirmed tobacconalians, is a very serious event — what the French call a 'solemnity.'