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Peakean

Peakean adjective: of or pertaining to Mervyn Peake (1911-1968), English modernist writer and artist, or his works.

Adjective

Peakean (comparative more Peakean, superlative most Peakean)

  1. Of or pertaining to Mervyn Peake (1911-1968), English modernist writer and artist, or his works.
    • If the first two novels created a new genre — Peakean fantasy — then this third volume zigzags between several: the Bildungsroman, science fiction, social satire, morality tale and dystopian prophecy.2002, Malcolm Yorke, Mervyn Peake: My Eyes Mint Gold: A Life, page 298

Forms of Peakean

comparativemore Peakean
superlativemost Peakean

Origin of Peakean

From Peake + -an.

Questions about Peakean

What does Peakean mean?
Peakean means of or pertaining to Mervyn Peake (1911-1968), English modernist writer and artist, or his works.
What part of speech is Peakean?
Peakean is an adjective.

Words near Peakean in the dictionary

  1. peak-transes
  2. peak-transing
  3. peaka peow
  4. peakbagging
  5. Peake
  6. Peakean
  7. peaked
  8. peaked roof
  9. peaked roofs
  10. peaked rooves
  11. peakedly

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