Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun One who is ‘anything’ in belief; one who professes no particular creed; an indifferentist, especially in religious doctrine.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun One who holds to no particular creed or dogma.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun derogatory A person who does not profess any particular creed; an indifferentist.

Etymologies

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anything +‎ -arian, by analogy with unitarian, trinitarian, etc.

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Examples

  • FATHER FARLEY: He is an episcopalian, an agnostic, an anythingarian seeking to overthrow our holy faith.

    Ulysses 2003

  • FATHER FARLEY: He is an episcopalian, an agnostic, an anythingarian seeking to overthrow our holy faith.

    Ulysses James Joyce 1911

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  • "A en who does not en any particular en; an en."

    --Wiktionary

    November 7, 2012