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Radcliffean

Radcliffean is the alternative spelling of Radcliffian.

Meaning of Radcliffian

Adjective

Radcliffian (comparative more Radcliffian, superlative most Radcliffian)

  1. Of or pertaining to Ann Radcliffe (1764–1823), English pioneer of the Gothic novel.
    • And yet the cause, necessarily to be assumed as the sole one assignable, is in its very realism as much charged with that prime element of Radcliffian romance, the mysterious, as any that the ingenuity of the author of the Mysteries of Udolpho could devise.1924, Herman Melville, chapter 10, in Billy Budd, London: Constable & Co.

Forms of Radcliffean

comparativemore Radcliffean
superlativemost Radcliffean

Questions about Radcliffean

What is Radcliffean the alternative spelling of?
Radcliffean is the alternative spelling of Radcliffian.

Words near Radcliffean in the dictionary

  1. RadCam
  2. Radcliff
  3. Radcliffe
  4. Radcliffe Line
  5. Radcliffe on Trent
  6. Radcliffean
  7. Radcliffian
  8. Radcliffs
  9. Radclive
  10. Radclive-cum-Chackmore
  11. Raddall

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Radcliffean (page history and authors); Radcliffian (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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