Zeppelinistic, adj.

zeppelinistic
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# Zeppelinisticadjective

## Factsheet

### What does the adjective Zeppelinistic mean?

There is one meaning in OED's entry for the adjective Zeppelinistic. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definition, usage, and quotation evidence.

### Where does the adjective Zeppelinistic come from?

Earliest known use

1930s

The earliest known use of the adjective Zeppelinistic is in the 1930s.

OED's only evidence for Zeppelinistic is from 1930, in the writing of Rudyard Kipling, writer and poet.

### Nearby entries

1. zephyr lily, n.?1877–
2. zephyrous, adj. a1750–
3. zephyry, adj. 1791–
4. Zepp, n. 1914–
5. Zepp, v. 1914–
6. Zeppelin, n. 1896–
7. zeppelin, v. 1910–
8. Zeppelined, adj. 1915–
9. Zeppelining, n. 1915–
10. Zeppelinist, n. 1912–
11. Zeppelinistic, adj.1930–
12. Zeppelinite, n. 1909–
13. zeppole, n. 1835–
14. zepto-, comb. form
15. zeranol, n. 1971–
16. zerda, n. 1780–1860
17. zerk, n. 1926–
18. zero, n. & adj. 1604–
19. zero, v. 1813–
20. zeroable, adj. 1956–
21. zero balance, adj. 1974–

## Meaning & use

rare.

1. 1930–
   Resembling a Zeppelin in shape.
   With quot., cf. blimp n.1 2a.
   Stressed as ˌZeppeliˈnistic.
   1. 1930

      > He called Saint Jubanus a militarist and an impostor—this defaitist of a Zeppelinistic belly!

      R. Kipling, Miracle of St. Jubanus 7
   1. caked 1686
      Cake-shaped; having a rounded, flattened shape. Obsolete. rare.
   2. tuberose 1704–
      = tuberous, adj.; tuberose sclerosis = tuberous sclerosis at tuberous, adj. 2.
   3. cucumiform 1826–
      Of the shape of a cucumber.
   4. sausage-like 1852–
   5. bolt 1859–
      attributive quasi-adj. Bolt-like, bolt-shaped.
   6. cigar-shaped 1887–
   7. torpedo-shaped 1903–
   8. sausagey 1921–
      Resembling a sausage, esp. in appearance or shape; sausage-like.
   9. whale-shaped 1930–
   10. Zeppelinistic 1930–
       Resembling a Zeppelin in shape.
   11. top hat 1934–
       Shaped like a top hat.
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Originally published as part of the entry for Zeppelin, n.

Zeppelin, n. was revised in June 2014.