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Eldritchian

Eldritchian adjective: of or relating to Andrew Eldritch (born Andrew William Harvey Taylor, 1959), English goth and rock musician.

Adjective

Eldritchian (comparative more Eldritchian, superlative most Eldritchian)

  1. (rare) Of or relating to Andrew Eldritch (born Andrew William Harvey Taylor, 1959), English goth and rock musician.
    • What everyone is pissed about is this infantile Eldritchian spewing. It's DARK HARVEST. It's *NOT* a Sisters tour, where Andy would be well within his rights to pick and choose whoever he wanted to open for him -- and none of us could argue. Dark Harvest is simply a festival that he is headlining.1997, Ron Cecchini, “Sunshine Blind...GOOD RIDDANCE!”, in alt.gothic (Usenet)
    • ALF have been around, in assorted line-ups, for quite a while now. The latest version of the band probably represents the most radical change, because now there's a new vocalist/songwriter, Paul, which means that voice-wise, the old-style Eldritchian growl is OUT, and a far more classically...1998, Michael Johnson, “Random Reviews: Assorted Brit.goth combos”, in uk.people.gothic (Usenet)
    Synonyms:
    Cthulhuesque
  2. (rare) Pertaining to or resembling eldritch.

Synonyms of Eldritchian

Forms of Eldritchian

comparativemore Eldritchian
superlativemost Eldritchian

Origin of Eldritchian

From Eldritch + -ian.

Questions about Eldritchian

What does Eldritchian mean?
Eldritchian means of or relating to Andrew Eldritch (born Andrew William Harvey Taylor, 1959), English goth and rock musician.
What part of speech is Eldritchian?
Eldritchian is an adjective.

Words near Eldritchian in the dictionary

  1. Eldreths
  2. eldrich
  3. Eldridge
  4. Eldridges
  5. eldritch
  6. Eldritchian
  7. eldritchly
  8. eldritchness
  9. elds
  10. eldship
  11. ELDT

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