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Buñuelian

Buñuelian adjective: relating to Luis Buñuel (1900–1983), Mexican-Spanish filmmaker who worked in many genres, including surrealism.

Adjective

Buñuelian (comparative more Buñuelian, superlative most Buñuelian)

  1. Relating to Luis Buñuel (1900–1983), Mexican-Spanish filmmaker who worked in many genres, including surrealism.
    • The genius screenwriter behind Being John Malkovich, Adaptation, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind and Synecdoche, New York, the devastating Buñuelian comedy of mortality that he also directed, can’t get a movie off the ground.2025 September 12, Ryan Gilbey, “‘Hollywood has everything to do with the terrible state of the world’: Charlie Kaufman on AI, Eternal Sunshine – and toothache”, in The Guardian, →ISSN

Forms of Buñuelian

comparativemore Buñuelian
superlativemost Buñuelian

Origin of Buñuelian

From Spanish Buñuel + -ian.

Questions about Buñuelian

What does Buñuelian mean?
Buñuelian means relating to Luis Buñuel (1900–1983), Mexican-Spanish filmmaker who worked in many genres, including surrealism.
What part of speech is Buñuelian?
Buñuelian is an adjective.

Words near Buñuelian in the dictionary

  1. buzzworms
  2. buzzworthy
  3. buzzy
  4. Buzău
  5. Buñuelesque
  6. Buñuelian
  7. Buôn Ma Thuột
  8. buława
  9. BV
  10. BVA
  11. BVAs

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