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Baskervillian

Baskervillian is the alternative form of Baskervillean.

Meaning of Baskervillean

Adjective

Baskervillean (comparative more Baskervillean, superlative most Baskervillean)

  1. Characteristic of a fearsome, diabolical dog.
    • I entered and rang the bell, which was answered first by a Baskervillean baying, and in due course by Mrs Healey herself.2015, Ceri Houlbrook, Natalie Armitage, The Materiality of Magic: An artifactual investigation into ritual practices and popular beliefs

Forms of Baskervillian

comparativemore Baskervillian
superlativemost Baskervillian

Origin of Baskervillian

From Baskerville + -ian.

Questions about Baskervillian

What is Baskervillian the alternative form of?
Baskervillian is the alternative form of Baskervillean.

Words near Baskervillian in the dictionary

  1. baskers
  2. Baskervill
  3. Baskerville
  4. Baskerville effect
  5. Baskervillean
  6. Baskervillian
  7. basket
  8. basket bush
  9. basket case
  10. basket cases
  11. basket cell

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Baskervillian (page history and authors); Baskervillean (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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