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Prufrockian

Prufrockian adjective: of or relating to The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock, a poem by T. S. Eliot, published 1915, marked by weariness, regret, embarrassment, and longing.

Adjective

Prufrockian (comparative more Prufrockian, superlative most Prufrockian)

  1. Of or relating to The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock, a poem by T. S. Eliot, published 1915, marked by weariness, regret, embarrassment, and longing.

Forms of Prufrockian

comparativemore Prufrockian
superlativemost Prufrockian

Origin of Prufrockian

From Prufrock + -ian.

Questions about Prufrockian

What does Prufrockian mean?
Prufrockian means of or relating to The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock, a poem by T. S. Eliot, published 1915, marked by weariness, regret, embarrassment, and longing.
What part of speech is Prufrockian?
Prufrockian is an adjective.

Words near Prufrockian in the dictionary

  1. Prue
  2. Prueher
  3. Prues
  4. Pruett
  5. Prufrock
  6. Prufrockian
  7. Pruiett
  8. Pruietts
  9. Pruiksma
  10. pruina
  11. pruinate

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