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Klingonian

Klingonian adjective: pertaining to, resembling, or characteristic of, Klingons.

Adjective

Klingonian (comparative more Klingonian, superlative most Klingonian)

  1. Pertaining to, resembling, or characteristic of, Klingons.
    • They will be beamed aboard the Enterprise, all the women (and some of the older men) into the arms of Mr. Spock, who has a Long Reach. Those who claim he cannot embrace them all at once are spreading the Klingonian Heresy, and will be Dealt With Severely by our Shlocktroops ... er ... Spocktroops.1979 December 19, Darrell Schweitzer, “Letters”, in Richard E. Geis, editor, Science Fiction Review, volume 9, number 2 (whole 35), published May 1980, →ISSN, page 51
    • The Bush administration’s newly declared “pre-emptive action” policy, which calls for the United States to strike at threats before they fully emerge, is somewhat Klingonian in an era where more elevated peace-making approaches are needed.2002 September 26, Vivian B. Martin, “What Is Bush, A Klingon Rip Van Winkle?”, in Hartford Courant, volume CLXIV, number 269, page A19
  2. Pertaining to, resembling, or characteristic of, the Klingon language.
    • Anyway, German has the highest percentage of foreign literature in translation (taking over the lead from Russian), and although Canadian authors have indeed at high reputation among readers, US-American and British books (as well as French, Swedish, Israeli and Klingonian ones) also get a fair...2000, Ellipse, Université de Sherbrooke, page 42
    • ‘Manga’. No matter how Klingonian this sounds to you, it has been a worldwidely-known word since 1990.2005, The Broken Mirror: Portrait of the Self, Langgeng Gallery, page 115

Examples of Klingonian in a sentence

  • The Klingon banquet features Klingonian food, games and a variety show.2008 July 10, Jennifer Choi, “At Shore Leave, a sci-fi mind-meld”, in The Sun, 171st year, number 192, Baltimore, Md., page 8T:
  • As was the case with his father, words from Bobby Junior’s mouth appeared to be spoken in some far-removed Klingonian dialect.2018, Jeff Pearlman, “Title Dreams”, in Football for a Buck: The Crazy Rise and Crazier Demise of the USFL, Boston, Mass.; New York, N.Y....
  • She groped in her coat pocket and pulled out Laura’s “Klingonian” address.2019, Paul Werner, The Last Voyage of the Yankee Seas, TWENTYSIX, →ISBN, page 59:

Synonyms of Klingonian

Forms of Klingonian

comparativemore Klingonian
superlativemost Klingonian

Origin of Klingonian

From Klingon + -ian.

Questions about Klingonian

What does Klingonian mean?
Klingonian means pertaining to, resembling, or characteristic of, Klingons.
How do you use Klingonian in a sentence?
The Klingon banquet features Klingonian food, games and a variety show.
What part of speech is Klingonian?
Klingonian is an adjective.

Words near Klingonian in the dictionary

  1. Klingo
  2. Klingon
  3. Klingonaase
  4. Klingonese
  5. Klingonesque
  6. Klingonian
  7. Klingonish
  8. Klingonist
  9. Klingonists
  10. Klingons
  11. Klings

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