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Carlylian

Carlylian is the alternative form of Carlylean.

Meaning of Carlylean

Adjective

Carlylean (comparative more Carlylean, superlative most Carlylean)

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

Forms of Carlylian

comparativemore Carlylian
superlativemost Carlylian

Origin of Carlylian

From Carlyle + -ian.

Questions about Carlylian

What is Carlylian the alternative form of?
Carlylian is the alternative form of Carlylean.

Words near Carlylian in the dictionary

  1. Carlyle circles
  2. Carlylean
  3. Carlyleian
  4. Carlylese
  5. Carlylesque
  6. Carlylian
  7. Carlylism
  8. Carlylisms
  9. Carmack
  10. Carmacks
  11. Carmadie

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Carlylian (page history and authors); Carlylean (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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