Rowlingian
Rowlingian adjective: characteristic of J. K. Rowling (born 1965), British author, philanthropist, film producer, and screenwriter.
Adjective
Rowlingian (comparative more Rowlingian, superlative most Rowlingian)
- Characteristic of J. K. Rowling (born 1965), British author, philanthropist, film producer, and screenwriter.
- “Nigidius Potter” sounds like a good Rowlingian name, and Publius Nigidius Potter, the friend of Cicero who died in exile in 45 BC, was indeed a wizard.2000, The Classical Outlook, volume 78/79, American Classical League, page 94, column 1
- In any case, having established its Rowlingian street cred, the film then does what Potter’s adaptors never dared, and turns its protagonist from an 11-year-old British boy into a 13-year-old American one, thus combining old English charm and Connecticut Yankee ingenuity like nothing since...2007 October 5, Chris Knight, “Too much magic for one kid to handle”, in National Post, volume 9, number 288, page PM7, column 2
- Synonyms:
- Rowlingesque
Examples of Rowlingian in a sentence
- This line, with typical Rowlingian ambiguity, hints at an anal attraction while refusing to state it.2011, Tison Pugh, “Dumbledore’s Queer Ghost: Homosexuality and Its Heterosexual Afterlives in J. K. Rowling’s Harry Potter Novels”, in...
- As we refer to “Shakespearean” English, perhaps those future English speakers will refer to “Rowlingian” English (after the author of the Harry Potter books).2011, Michael G. Gaunt, “Perspectives: Old English and Middle English”, in Lightning Literature & Composition: British Medieval: Student’s...
- The healing power of tears has never been a characteristic of the phoenix in its long development of reception and it is obviously a modern or even ‘Rowlingian’ invention.2015, Dagmar Hofmann, “The Phoenix, the Werewolf and the Centaur: The Reception of Mythical Beasts in the Harry Potter Novels and their...
Synonyms of Rowlingian
Forms of Rowlingian
| comparative | more Rowlingian |
|---|---|
| superlative | most Rowlingian |
Origin of Rowlingian
From Rowling + -ian.
Questions about Rowlingian
- What does Rowlingian mean?
- Rowlingian means characteristic of J. K. Rowling (born 1965), British author, philanthropist, film producer, and screenwriter.
- How do you use Rowlingian in a sentence?
- This line, with typical Rowlingian ambiguity, hints at an anal attraction while refusing to state it.
- What part of speech is Rowlingian?
- Rowlingian is an adjective.
Words near Rowlingian in the dictionary
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