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Pratchettian

Pratchettian adjective: of or relating to Terry Pratchett (1948–2015), English author of mostly comic fantasy novels.

Adjective

Pratchettian (comparative more Pratchettian, superlative most Pratchettian)

  1. Of or relating to Terry Pratchett (1948–2015), English author of mostly comic fantasy novels.
    • Outside this Pratchettian sub-genre it is actually rare to come across novels that treat Arthurian material from a humorous perspective.1998, Adam Roberts, Silk and Potatoes: Contemporary Arthurian Fantasy, page 145
    • I plugged Susanna Clarke's debut fantasy Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell, and read from James Branch Cabell's The Music from Behind the Moon (1926), which weirdly anticipates the Pratchettian common-sense solution to fairytale dilemmas.2005, David Langford, The Sex Column and Other Misprints, page 231

Forms of Pratchettian

comparativemore Pratchettian
superlativemost Pratchettian

Origin of Pratchettian

From Pratchett + -ian.

Questions about Pratchettian

What does Pratchettian mean?
Pratchettian means of or relating to Terry Pratchett (1948–2015), English author of mostly comic fantasy novels.
What part of speech is Pratchettian?
Pratchettian is an adjective.

Words near Pratchettian in the dictionary

  1. Pratapgarh
  2. Pratas
  3. Pratcher
  4. Pratchers
  5. Pratchett
  6. Pratchettian
  7. prate
  8. prate-roast
  9. prated
  10. Prateek
  11. Prateeksha

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