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Oblomovian

Oblomovian adjective: lazy and apathetic.

Adjective

Oblomovian (comparative more Oblomovian, superlative most Oblomovian)

  1. Lazy and apathetic.

Forms of Oblomovian

comparativemore Oblomovian
superlativemost Oblomovian

Origin of Oblomovian

From Oblomov + -ian, after the nobleman who rarely leaves his bed in Ivan Goncharov's novel Oblomov (1859).

Questions about Oblomovian

What does Oblomovian mean?
Oblomovian means lazy and apathetic.
What part of speech is Oblomovian?
Oblomovian is an adjective.

Words near Oblomovian in the dictionary

  1. oblivium
  2. oblocutor
  3. oblocutors
  4. obloid
  5. obloids
  6. Oblomovian
  7. Oblomovism
  8. Oblomovist
  9. Oblomovists
  10. Oblomovitis
  11. oblong

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