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Nabokovisms

Nabokovisms is the plural of Nabokovism.

Meaning of Nabokovism

Noun

Nabokovism (countable and uncountable, plural Nabokovisms)

  1. An attitude or turn of phrase characteristic of the Russian-American novelist Vladimir Nabokov (1899-1977).
    • They are rather little signs to suggest how one might proceed up a road on which I did not do very well myself, the road to pure Nabokovism.1966, Maurice Schneps, Alvin D. Coox, The Japanese image, Volume 1

Questions about Nabokovisms

What is Nabokovisms the plural of?
Nabokovisms is the plural of Nabokovism.

Words near Nabokovisms in the dictionary

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

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