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Kinbotean

Kinbotean adjective: of or relating to Charles Kinbote, the unreliable narrator in Vladimir Nabokov's novel Pale Fire (1962).

Adjective

Kinbotean (comparative more Kinbotean, superlative most Kinbotean)

  1. Of or relating to Charles Kinbote, the unreliable narrator in Vladimir Nabokov's novel Pale Fire (1962).

Noun

Kinbotean (plural Kinboteans)

  1. A proponent of an interpretation of Vladimir Nabokov's 1962 novel Pale Fire according to which the ostensible author John Shade is in fact an invention of the character Charles Kinbote.

Forms of Kinbotean

Adjective
comparativemore Kinbotean
superlativemost Kinbotean
Noun
pluralKinboteans

Origin of Kinbotean

From Kinbote + -an.

Questions about Kinbotean

What does Kinbotean mean?
Kinbotean means of or relating to Charles Kinbote, the unreliable narrator in Vladimir Nabokov's novel Pale Fire (1962).
What part of speech is Kinbotean?
Kinbotean can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near Kinbotean in the dictionary

  1. kinbaku
  2. Kinbasket
  3. Kinberg
  4. kinboshi
  5. kinbote
  6. Kinbotean
  7. Kinboteans
  8. kinbotes
  9. Kinbrace
  10. Kinbuck
  11. Kincade

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