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Carlylean

Carlylean adjective: relating to Thomas Carlyle (1795-1881), Scottish essayist and historian.

Adjective

Carlylean (comparative more Carlylean, superlative most Carlylean)

  1. Relating to Thomas Carlyle (1795-1881), Scottish essayist and historian.

Forms of Carlylean

comparativemore Carlylean
superlativemost Carlylean

Origin of Carlylean

From Carlyle + -an.

Questions about Carlylean

What does Carlylean mean?
Carlylean means relating to Thomas Carlyle (1795-1881), Scottish essayist and historian.
What part of speech is Carlylean?
Carlylean is an adjective.

Words near Carlylean in the dictionary

  1. carlumab
  2. Carly
  3. Carlyle
  4. Carlyle circle
  5. Carlyle circles
  6. Carlylean
  7. Carlyleian
  8. Carlylese
  9. Carlylesque
  10. Carlylian
  11. Carlylism

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