pickwickian

Arbitrary or meaningless (of the usage of a word or phrase).

The Chairman felt it his imperative duty to demand of the honourable gentleman, whether he had used the expression which had just escaped him in a common sense. Mr. Blotton had no hesitation in saying that he had not—he had used the word in its Pickwickian sense.

But let us defend the poor battered old language against those who use words in private Pickwickian senses of their own[…]

Having, or relating to, Pickwickian syndrome.

This pattern of EEG and respiratory changes has been observed during both diurnal and nocturnal sleep in Pickwickian patients.

Of or relating to The Pickwick Papers, its storyline, or its characters (chiefly Samuel Pickwick himself).

Calverley's test of Pickwickian scholarship has been followed by similar tests with which students of the Holmesian chronicles may put their knowledge of their hero's exploits to the proof.

A person who has Pickwickian syndrome.

Alternative letter-case form of Pickwickian.