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Conan-Doylish

Conan-Doylish is the alternative form of Conan Doylish.

Meaning of Conan Doylish

Adjective

Conan Doylish (comparative more Conan Doylish, superlative most Conan Doylish)

  1. Resembling or characteristic of British writer and physician Arthur Conan Doyle (1859–1930), who created the character Sherlock Holmes.
    • The impecunious position of the hero is cleverly sketched in the first pages; but the device that is resorted to by way of extricating him from it is deficient in true humour, even although it smacks of Conan Doylish ingenuity.1894 May 5, William Wallace, “New Novels”, in The Academy. A Weekly Review of Literature, Science, and Art., volume XLV, number 1148, London: Publishing Office: […], page 368, column 2
    Synonyms:
    Conan Doylean

Forms of Conan-Doylish

comparativemore Conan-Doylish
superlativemost Conan-Doylish

Questions about Conan-Doylish

What is Conan-Doylish the alternative form of?
Conan-Doylish is the alternative form of Conan Doylish.

Words near Conan-Doylish in the dictionary

  1. conaming
  2. Conan
  3. Conan Doylean
  4. Conan Doylish
  5. Conan the Bacterium
  6. Conan-Doylish
  7. Conanicut Island
  8. conanine
  9. Conant
  10. conantokin
  11. conantokins

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