Word.ws English Dictionary

Nabokovian

Nabokovian adjective: of or pertaining to Vladimir Nabokov (1899-1977) or his writings, characterised by a lush descriptive style and intricate wordplay.

Adjective

Nabokovian (comparative more Nabokovian, superlative most Nabokovian)

  1. Of or pertaining to Vladimir Nabokov (1899-1977) or his writings, characterised by a lush descriptive style and intricate wordplay.
    • Christopher Kane, the club-kid favorite, hit a new, sonorous note with his Nabokovian thigh-slit pleated gingham chiffon dresses, while the Halston-bound designer Marios Schwab’s triptych outfits had, perhaps, two elements too many.2009 September 23, Alison S. Cohn, “Scorecard | Christopher Kane Wins!”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 04 Mar 2010

Forms of Nabokovian

comparativemore Nabokovian
superlativemost Nabokovian

Origin of Nabokovian

From Nabokov + -ian.

Questions about Nabokovian

What does Nabokovian mean?
Nabokovian means of or pertaining to Vladimir Nabokov (1899-1977) or his writings, characterised by a lush descriptive style and intricate wordplay.
What part of speech is Nabokovian?
Nabokovian is an adjective.

Words near Nabokovian in the dictionary

  1. nabocklish
  2. naboctate
  3. nabokoite
  4. Nabokov
  5. Nabokovesque
  6. Nabokovian
  7. Nabokovism
  8. Nabokovisms
  9. Nabonidus
  10. naboom
  11. nabooms

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: Nabokovian (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.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “Nabokovian.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/nabokovian. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.