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Coetzeean

/kutˈseɪ.ən/

Coetzeean adjective: of or relating to John Maxwell Coetzee (1940–), South African-Australian author.

Adjective

Coetzeean (comparative more Coetzeean, superlative most Coetzeean)

  1. Of or relating to John Maxwell Coetzee (1940–), South African-Australian author.
    • In their vocabulary, the two first-person sentences offered as a direct quotation of K's thoughts are plausible representations, although their rhythm of successive, paratactically ordered phrases is recognizably Coetzeean.2006, Jane Poyner, editor, J. M. Coetzee and the Idea of the Public Intellectual, Ohio University Press, →ISBN, page 74

Forms of Coetzeean

comparativemore Coetzeean
superlativemost Coetzeean

Origin of Coetzeean

From Coetzee + -an.

Questions about Coetzeean

What does Coetzeean mean?
Coetzeean means of or relating to John Maxwell Coetzee (1940–), South African-Australian author.
What part of speech is Coetzeean?
Coetzeean is an adjective.
How do you pronounce Coetzeean?
Coetzeean is pronounced /kutˈseɪ.ən/.

Words near Coetzeean in the dictionary

  1. coethnic
  2. coethnicity
  3. coethnics
  4. coetus
  5. Coetzee
  6. Coetzeean
  7. Coeur d'Alene
  8. coeur à la crème
  9. Coeus
  10. coeval
  11. coevalist

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