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Gaskellian

Gaskellian adjective: of or relating to Elizabeth Gaskell (1810–1865), British novelist and writer of short stories.

Adjective

Gaskellian (comparative more Gaskellian, superlative most Gaskellian)

  1. Of or relating to Elizabeth Gaskell (1810–1865), British novelist and writer of short stories.

Forms of Gaskellian

comparativemore Gaskellian
superlativemost Gaskellian

Origin of Gaskellian

From Gaskell + -ian.

Questions about Gaskellian

What does Gaskellian mean?
Gaskellian means of or relating to Elizabeth Gaskell (1810–1865), British novelist and writer of short stories.
What part of speech is Gaskellian?
Gaskellian is an adjective.

Words near Gaskellian in the dictionary

  1. Gasiors
  2. Gask
  3. Gaska
  4. Gaskas
  5. Gaskell
  6. Gaskellian
  7. gasket
  8. gasketed
  9. gasketing
  10. gasketings
  11. gasketless

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