Holbeinian
Holbeinian adjective: in the style of Hans Holbein the younger.
Adjective
Holbeinian (comparative more Holbeinian, superlative most Holbeinian)
- In the style of Hans Holbein the younger.
- Change Thackeray's spirited devil into a dancing skeleton with an answering grin, and you have a picture that would fit into a medieval, or Holbeinian, Dance of Death.2000, Siegbert Salomon Prawer, W.M. Thackeray's European Sketch Books, →ISBN, page 127
- His letters to Anne translate social codes of French diplomacy, Holbeinian portraiture, and Erasmian epistolary friendship into performances of personal desire.2006, Seth Lerer, Courtly Letters in the Age of Henry VIII, →ISBN, page 98
- Including every edge exactly once and where, for all x and y, the edges (x,y) and (y,x) have opposite parities.
- a Holbeinian circuit
Forms of Holbeinian
| comparative | more Holbeinian |
|---|---|
| superlative | most Holbeinian |
Origin of Holbeinian
From Holbein + -ian.
Questions about Holbeinian
- What does Holbeinian mean?
- Holbeinian means in the style of Hans Holbein the younger.
- What part of speech is Holbeinian?
- Holbeinian is an adjective.
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