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Shelleyan

Shelleyan adjective: relating to Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792–1822), English Romantic poet.

Adjective

Shelleyan (comparative more Shelleyan, superlative most Shelleyan)

  1. Relating to Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792–1822), English Romantic poet.
  2. Relating to Mary Shelley (1797–1851), English writer.

Forms of Shelleyan

comparativemore Shelleyan
superlativemost Shelleyan

Origin of Shelleyan

From Shelley + -an.

Questions about Shelleyan

What does Shelleyan mean?
Shelleyan means relating to Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792–1822), English Romantic poet.
What part of speech is Shelleyan?
Shelleyan is an adjective.

Words near Shelleyan in the dictionary

  1. Shelleng
  2. sheller
  3. shellers
  4. Shelley
  5. Shelley Woodhouse
  6. Shelleyan
  7. Shelleyana
  8. Shelleyesque
  9. shellfire
  10. shellfires
  11. shellfish

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