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Gormenghastian

Gormenghastian adjective: resembling or pertaining to Gormenghast, an enormous sprawling Gothic castle mired in inexplicable traditions, introduced in a series of novels by Mervyn Peake (1911-1968).

Adjective

Gormenghastian (comparative more Gormenghastian, superlative most Gormenghastian)

  1. Resembling or pertaining to Gormenghast, an enormous sprawling Gothic castle mired in inexplicable traditions, introduced in a series of novels by Mervyn Peake (1911-1968).
    • The setting, a Gormenghastian castle, is rich with expectancy, and so is quite a lot of the language […]1957, The National and English Review
    • The rules and rites that have come down through time are followed with Gormenghastian rigour, even though the reasons for some bits have long been forgotten […]2006, Dana Facaros, Michael Pauls, Sardinia

Examples of Gormenghastian in a sentence

  • She'd been picturing some Gormenghastian monstrosity, a mass of dark stone and hulking, spiked towers.2006, Django Wexler, Shinigami:
  • Up and down the corridors, the dozen staircases, through the whole Gormenghastian maze.2007, Antonia Quirke, Choking on Marlon Brando:

Forms of Gormenghastian

comparativemore Gormenghastian
superlativemost Gormenghastian

Origin of Gormenghastian

From Gormenghast + -ian.

Questions about Gormenghastian

What does Gormenghastian mean?
Gormenghastian means resembling or pertaining to Gormenghast, an enormous sprawling Gothic castle mired in inexplicable traditions, introduced in a series of novels by Mervyn Peake (1911-1968).
How do you use Gormenghastian in a sentence?
She'd been picturing some Gormenghastian monstrosity, a mass of dark stone and hulking, spiked towers.
What part of speech is Gormenghastian?
Gormenghastian is an adjective.

Words near Gormenghastian in the dictionary

  1. gormanites
  2. Gormans
  3. Gormans Hill
  4. Gormanston
  5. gormed
  6. Gormenghastian
  7. Gormfhlaith
  8. Gormflaith
  9. gormful
  10. gorming
  11. gormint

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