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Khlebnikovian

Khlebnikovian adjective: characteristic of the Russian poet and playwright Velimir Khlebnikov (1885–1922).

Adjective

Khlebnikovian (comparative more Khlebnikovian, superlative most Khlebnikovian)

  1. Characteristic of the Russian poet and playwright Velimir Khlebnikov (1885–1922).
    • In fact, the scheme of generation of the two lines of Khlebnikovian poetry was described above.1966, I[saak] I[osifovic] Revzin, translated by N. F. C. Owen and A[lan] S[trode] C[ampbell] Ross, “[Syntagmatic models in Grammar] The language with a finite number of states”, in Models of...
    • At that time the publishers intended to entitle this collection with the neologism “Miristel,” a title that only Khlebnikov could have created. It was changed to The Milk of Mares probably because the latter sounded more Hylaean while still retaining a Khlebnikovian quality.1968, Vladimir Markov, “The Years of Flowering”, in Russian Futurism: A History, Berkeley, Calif.; Los Angeles, Calif.: University of California Press, →LCCN, page 166

Forms of Khlebnikovian

comparativemore Khlebnikovian
superlativemost Khlebnikovian

Origin of Khlebnikovian

From Khlebnikov + -ian.

Questions about Khlebnikovian

What does Khlebnikovian mean?
Khlebnikovian means characteristic of the Russian poet and playwright Velimir Khlebnikov (1885–1922).
What part of speech is Khlebnikovian?
Khlebnikovian is an adjective.

Words near Khlebnikovian in the dictionary

  1. KHive
  2. KHL
  3. Khlan
  4. khleb
  5. Khlebnikov
  6. Khlebnikovian
  7. Khloe
  8. khlong
  9. khlongs
  10. khloy
  11. Khloé

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