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Hawthornian

Hawthornian is the alternative form of Hawthornean.

Meaning of Hawthornean

Adjective

Hawthornean (comparative more Hawthornean, superlative most Hawthornean)

  1. Of or pertaining to Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804-1864), American writer of dark Romantic novels and short stories.
    • “[…] I think you owe it to them both to let them in on your dark, Hawthornian little secret. Let them know you’re gay.”1978, Andrew Holleran, chapter 5, in Dancer from the Dance, New York: New American Library, page 143

Forms of Hawthornian

comparativemore Hawthornian
superlativemost Hawthornian

Origin of Hawthornian

From Hawthorne + -ian.

Questions about Hawthornian

What is Hawthornian the alternative form of?
Hawthornian is the alternative form of Hawthornean.

Words near Hawthornian in the dictionary

  1. Hawthorne effect
  2. Hawthorne effects
  3. Hawthornean
  4. hawthorned
  5. hawthorneite
  6. Hawthornian
  7. hawthorns
  8. hawthorny
  9. Hawtrey
  10. Hawtreys
  11. hawts

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Hawthornian (page history and authors); Hawthornean (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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