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Rapunzelian

Rapunzelian adjective: of or relating to the fictional Rapunzel, especially in having very long hair.

Adjective

Rapunzelian (comparative more Rapunzelian, superlative most Rapunzelian)

  1. Of or relating to the fictional Rapunzel, especially in having very long hair.
    • While they ranged from the thirteenth to the nineteenth century, from the Rapunzelian towers of Stokesay Castle to the Preraphaelite Gothic of Victorian Madresfield Court, the majority were of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries […]1975, The Museums Journal, volumes 75-77, page 221
    • The light plays over her glowing face, and her Rapunzelian hair cascades down her shoulders in perfect contrast to the hard, gritty surface of the walls.2003, Clifford S. Ackley, Ronni Baer, Tom Rassieur, Rembrandt's Journey: Painter, Draftsman, Etcher, page 128

Forms of Rapunzelian

comparativemore Rapunzelian
superlativemost Rapunzelian

Origin of Rapunzelian

From Rapunzel + -ian.

Questions about Rapunzelian

What does Rapunzelian mean?
Rapunzelian means of or relating to the fictional Rapunzel, especially in having very long hair.
What part of speech is Rapunzelian?
Rapunzelian is an adjective.

Words near Rapunzelian in the dictionary

  1. raptus
  2. raptuses
  3. rapunzel
  4. Rapunzel syndrome
  5. Rapunzelesque
  6. Rapunzelian
  7. Rapunzels
  8. raqi
  9. Raqqa
  10. Raqqah
  11. Raque

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