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FitzGeraldian

FitzGeraldian adjective: of or relating to Edward FitzGerald (1809–1883), English poet best known for translating The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam.

Adjective (1)

FitzGeraldian (comparative more FitzGeraldian, superlative most FitzGeraldian)

  1. Of or relating to Edward FitzGerald (1809–1883), English poet best known for translating The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam.
    • Such an expression of attribution to Khayyam is justified, for it refers to poems that have been found in manuscripts dating back to the pre-FitzGeraldian era, having been attributed to the historical Omar Khayyam […]2021, Mohammad H. Tamdgidi, Omar Khayyam’s Secret

Adjective (2) capitalized: Fitzgeraldian

Fitzgeraldian (comparative more Fitzgeraldian, superlative most Fitzgeraldian)

  1. Of or relating to F. Scott Fitzgerald (1896–1940), American author of novels and short stories.

Forms of FitzGeraldian

comparativemore FitzGeraldian
superlativemost FitzGeraldian
comparativemore Fitzgeraldian
superlativemost Fitzgeraldian

Origin of FitzGeraldian

From FitzGerald + -ian.

From Fitzgerald + -ian.

Questions about FitzGeraldian

What does FitzGeraldian mean?
FitzGeraldian means of or relating to Edward FitzGerald (1809–1883), English poet best known for translating The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam.
What part of speech is FitzGeraldian?
FitzGeraldian is an adjective.

Words near FitzGeraldian in the dictionary

  1. Fitzclarence
  2. Fitzer
  3. Fitzers
  4. Fitzgeorge
  5. Fitzgerald
  6. FitzGeraldian
  7. Fitzgeralds
  8. Fitzgeralds Mount
  9. Fitzgeralds Valley
  10. Fitzgerld
  11. Fitzgibbon

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: FitzGeraldian (page history and authors); Fitzgeraldian (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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