Bruxellian

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Adjective[edit]

Bruxellian (comparative more Bruxellian, superlative most Bruxellian)

  1. (humorous, nonce word) Of or pertaining to Brussels or metonymically the European Union.
    • 2019, Lucy Mangan, The Guardian[1]:
      I don’t know why Brexiters feel so oppressed by Bruxellian rule and devoid of sovereignty, given that a three-part series is commissioned by a major broadcaster every time a shopping list or a bus ticket is discovered that once came within three metres of anyone closer than 18th in line to the throne.