vandemonianism

Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris

n.


rowdy conduct like that ofan escaped convict; the term is now obsolete.

1863. `Victorian Hansard,' April 22, vol. ix. p. 701:

«Mr. Houston looked upon the conduct of hon. gentlemen oppositeas ranging from the extreme of vandemonianism to the extreme ofnambypambyism.»