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Lardnerian

Lardnerian adjective: of or relating to Ring Lardner (1885–1933), American sports columnist and short-story writer best known for his satirical takes on the sports world, marriage, and the theatre.

Adjective

Lardnerian (comparative more Lardnerian, superlative most Lardnerian)

  1. Of or relating to Ring Lardner (1885–1933), American sports columnist and short-story writer best known for his satirical takes on the sports world, marriage, and the theatre.

Forms of Lardnerian

comparativemore Lardnerian
superlativemost Lardnerian

Origin of Lardnerian

From Lardner + -ian.

Questions about Lardnerian

What does Lardnerian mean?
Lardnerian means of or relating to Ring Lardner (1885–1933), American sports columnist and short-story writer best known for his satirical takes on the sports world, marriage, and the theatre.
What part of speech is Lardnerian?
Lardnerian is an adjective.

Words near Lardnerian in the dictionary

  1. lardizabalaceous
  2. Lardizabals
  3. lardless
  4. lardlike
  5. Lardner
  6. Lardnerian
  7. lardo
  8. lardon
  9. lardons
  10. lardoon
  11. lardoons

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