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Hemingwayan

Hemingwayan adjective: of or pertaining to Ernest Hemingway (1899–1961), American writer and journalist.

Adjective

Hemingwayan (comparative more Hemingwayan, superlative most Hemingwayan)

  1. Of or pertaining to Ernest Hemingway (1899–1961), American writer and journalist.
    • We each had a bedroom, and there was a kitchenette with food in the icebox, and a huge living room where Major sat in his silk dressing gown composing his latest Hemingwayan short story[…]1957 September 5, Jack Kerouac, chapter 7, in On the Road, New York, N.Y.: Viking Press, →OCLC, part 1

Forms of Hemingwayan

comparativemore Hemingwayan
superlativemost Hemingwayan

Origin of Hemingwayan

From Hemingway + -an.

Questions about Hemingwayan

What does Hemingwayan mean?
Hemingwayan means of or pertaining to Ernest Hemingway (1899–1961), American writer and journalist.
What part of speech is Hemingwayan?
Hemingwayan is an adjective.

Words near Hemingwayan in the dictionary

  1. Hemingway
  2. Hemingway daiquiri
  3. Hemingway daiquiris
  4. Hemingway special
  5. Hemingway specials
  6. Hemingwayan
  7. Hemingwayed
  8. Hemingwayesque
  9. Hemingwaying
  10. Hemingways
  11. heminodal

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