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Janite

Janite is the alternative form of Janeite.

Meaning of Janeite

Noun

Janeite (plural Janeites)

  1. (derogatory, usually) A fan of the author Jane Austen, especially one without a background in literary criticism.
    • “Every dam' thing about Jane [Austen] is remarkable to a pukka Janeite!”1924, Rudyard Kipling, The Janeites
    Synonyms:
    Austenian, Austenite

Forms of Janite

pluralJanites

Questions about Janite

What is Janite the alternative form of?
Janite is the alternative form of Janeite.

Words near Janite in the dictionary

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  2. janissaryship
  3. janissaryships
  4. Janiszewski
  5. Janiszewskis
  6. Janite
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  8. janitor
  9. janitor fish
  10. janitor fishes
  11. janitorial

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Janite (page history and authors); Janeite (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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