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periapocalyptic

periapocalyptic is the alternative form of peri-apocalyptic.

Meaning of peri-apocalyptic

Adjective

peri-apocalyptic (comparative more peri-apocalyptic, superlative most peri-apocalyptic)

  1. During an apocalypse.
    • Outage is 150,000 word novel of a genre I’d call peri-apocalyptic. It’s not post-apocalyptic because it doesn’t take place after the “end of the world,” but during.2012 January 28, Peter Joseph Lewis, quoting Mathieu Gallant, “Mathieu Gallant - Outage”, in Why Did You Write That?

Forms of periapocalyptic

comparativemore periapocalyptic
superlativemost periapocalyptic

Questions about periapocalyptic

What is periapocalyptic the alternative form of?
Periapocalyptic is the alternative form of peri-apocalyptic.

Words near periapocalyptic in the dictionary

  1. periapex
  2. periapical
  3. periapically
  4. periapicals
  5. periapices
  6. periapocalyptic
  7. periappendiceal
  8. periappendicular
  9. periapse
  10. periapses
  11. periapsides

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