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Firbankian

Firbankian adjective: in the style of English novelist Ronald Firbank (1886–1926); high camp.

Adjective

Firbankian (comparative more Firbankian, superlative most Firbankian)

  1. In the style of English novelist Ronald Firbank (1886–1926); high camp.
    • In a similar way, Hollinghurst's Firbankian depictions suggest how existing power structures might be seen to encode ‘sites of erotic investment’ (Sinfield, 2000, p. 27), which while implicated in the history of heteronormative oppression, might nevertheless inform queer desire.2017, Mark Mathuray, editor, Sex and Sensibility in the Novels of Alan Hollinghurst, Springer, →ISBN, page 49

Forms of Firbankian

comparativemore Firbankian
superlativemost Firbankian

Origin of Firbankian

From Firbank + -ian.

Questions about Firbankian

What does Firbankian mean?
Firbankian means in the style of English novelist Ronald Firbank (1886–1926); high camp.
What part of speech is Firbankian?
Firbankian is an adjective.

Words near Firbankian in the dictionary

  1. firable
  2. firagana
  3. firangi
  4. firangis
  5. Firbank
  6. Firbankian
  7. Firbeck
  8. Firbholg
  9. Firbolg
  10. firbound
  11. Firby

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