From The Oxford English Dictionary:
verbarian, adj. and n.
A. adj.
Of or relating to words.
- 1830 S. T. Coleridge On Constit. Church & State 19 (note) A verbarian Attorney-General, authorized to bring information..against the writer or editor of any work..who..should persevere in misusing a word.
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B. n.
1. A word game in which players compete to see who can form the most words from the letters of a given word. Obsolete.
- 1872 Our Young Folks Mar. 191/2 There is a game we play among ourselves… It is called Verbarian, and may be played by any number. We select some long word [etc.].
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2. An inventor or coiner of words; (also) a person who is interested in words.
- 1873 F. Hall Mod. Eng. 21 In The Doctor, Southey gives himself free scope as a verbarian.
- 1926 Brandon (Manitoba) Daily Sun 3 Dec. 10/2 Collections of two or three hundred [words], coined by some enthusiastic verbarian for the purpose of exploiting a pet theory.
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All, right. Now you got me.
There is Barbarian, now Verbarian, so that is Barbaric, or Verbaric.
Then you have Librarian, so that is Libraric.
What does the “ian” part do:
-ian
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/-ian
-ian
(as an adjective) From, related to, or like.
(as a noun) One from, belonging to, relating to, or like.
(as a noun) Having a certain profession.
Usage notes
When males with a profession are distinguished from females, males are -ian, females -ienne.
Then what about the “ic” at the end of barbaric:
-ic
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/-ic
-ic
Used to form adjectives from nouns with the meaning “of or pertaining to”.
Cyrillic
acidic
(chemistry) Used to denote certain chemical compounds in which a specified chemical element has a higher oxidation number than in the equivalent compound whose name ends in the suffix -ous. For example sulphuric acid (H₂SO₄) has more oxygen atoms per molecule than sulphurous acid (H₂SO₃).
Usage notes
The suffix -ic is often added to words of Greek or Latin origin, but may also be used with other words, and in some cases is even added (redundantly) to adjectives, as in veganic (from vegan).
I like that, “Veganic”.
Okay. What other words are there like that. Let’s go all the way, not hold back.
Barbarous, Verbarous. HA!
-ous
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/-ous
-ous
Used to form adjectives from nouns, to denote possession or presence of a quality in any degree, commonly in abundance.
bulb + -ous → bulbous
courage + -ous → courageous
joy + -ous → joyous
poison + -ous → poisonous
riot + -ous → riotous
(chemistry) Used in chemical nomenclature to name chemical compounds in which a specified chemical element has a lower oxidation number than in the equivalent compound whose name ends in the suffix -ic. For example sulphuric acid (H2SO4) has more oxygen atoms per molecule than sulphurous acid (H2SO3). See Inorganic nomenclature.
Synonyms
-y
There’s another set.
Barbary, Verbary
Then there is:
Barbarity, Verbarity, Barbarities, Verbarities, Barbarability, Verbarability, Barbaricity, Verbaricity
-ity
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/-ity
-ity
Used to form a noun from an adjective; especially, to form the noun referring to the state, property, or quality of conforming to the adjective’s description.
Used to form other nouns, especially abstract nouns.
Usage notes[edit]
Many nouns formed with -ity are uncountable; those that are countable form their plurals in -ities.
The addition of -ity to an adjective results in a shift of stress to the antepenultimate syllable; that is, words in -ity are stressed on the last syllable before the -ity, even in cases where this syllable is part of another suffix (as in words in -ability and -icity). Further, this shift typically results in a change in vowel quality; compare, for example, real and reality, where the sound [æ] in the second word is not present in the first. These vowel quality changes are usually consistent with the spelling of both forms — note that the letter “a” in the second word is present in the first — but sometimes spelling changes are seen, as with the suffix -ous, which when it combines with -ity produces the suffix -osity.
While a final -c is pronounced [k], before -ity it becomes [s]; compare, for example, elastic and elasticity.
Final -e is dropped before adding this suffix.
Derived terms[edit]
English words suffixed with -ity
Related terms[edit]
-ability, -ibility