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Ophelian

/ə(ʊ)ˈfiːliən/

Ophelian adjective: depicting or pertaining to Ophelia.

Adjective

Ophelian (comparative more Ophelian, superlative most Ophelian)

  1. Depicting or pertaining to Ophelia.
    • the Ophelian scene
  2. Frantic; tragically insane.
    • Punning in an Ophelian frenzy on the feminine glans? Raving about the delectations of clitorism?1969, Vladimir Nabokov, Ada, or Ardor: A Family Chronicle, published 1990, →ISBN
    • But she was a wee tad affected, and from the little that Gabriel had read or heard from her, she had an Ophelian streak of potential craziness that he had, since day one, deemed wiser to steer clear of, […]2010, Jean-Christophe Valtat, Aurorarama, →ISBN

Forms of Ophelian

comparativemore Ophelian
superlativemost Ophelian

Origin of Ophelian

From Ophelia + -an. Compare French ophélique, ophélien.

Words that rhyme with Ophelian

Questions about Ophelian

What does Ophelian mean?
Ophelian means depicting or pertaining to Ophelia.
What part of speech is Ophelian?
Ophelian is an adjective.
How do you pronounce Ophelian?
Ophelian is pronounced /ə(ʊ)ˈfiːliən/.

Words near Ophelian in the dictionary

  1. ophecleide
  2. ophecleides
  3. Opheim
  4. Opheims
  5. Ophelia
  6. Ophelian
  7. Opheliana
  8. ophelic
  9. ophelic acid
  10. opheliid
  11. opheliids

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