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Faulknerian

Faulknerian adjective: of or pertaining to William Faulkner (1897–1962), Nobel Prize-winning American author and poet, or to his works.

Adjective

Faulknerian (comparative more Faulknerian, superlative most Faulknerian)

  1. Of or pertaining to William Faulkner (1897–1962), Nobel Prize-winning American author and poet, or to his works.

Forms of Faulknerian

comparativemore Faulknerian
superlativemost Faulknerian

Origin of Faulknerian

From Faulkner + -ian.

Questions about Faulknerian

What does Faulknerian mean?
Faulknerian means of or pertaining to William Faulkner (1897–1962), Nobel Prize-winning American author and poet, or to his works.
What part of speech is Faulknerian?
Faulknerian is an adjective.

Words near Faulknerian in the dictionary

  1. Faulkenberrys
  2. Faulkland
  3. faulkner
  4. Faulkner County
  5. Faulkneresque
  6. Faulknerian
  7. Faulknerish
  8. faulkners
  9. Faulks
  10. Faulkses
  11. Faulkton

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Faulknerian (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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