plagiaristic

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

plagiary +‎ -istic

Adjective[edit]

plagiaristic (comparative more plagiaristic, superlative most plagiaristic)

  1. Characteristic of a plagiarist; of, relating to, or characterized by plagiarism.
    • 1925, F. Scott Fitzgerald, chapter 1, in The Great Gatsby:
      [] the intimate revelations of young men or at least the terms in which they express them are usually plagiaristic and marred by obvious suppressions.