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Sherlockian

Sherlockian adjective: of or pertaining to Sherlock Holmes or his investigations, methods, or sayings.

Adjective

Sherlockian (comparative more Sherlockian, superlative most Sherlockian)

  1. Of or pertaining to Sherlock Holmes or his investigations, methods, or sayings.

Noun

Sherlockian (plural Sherlockians)

  1. A Sherlock Holmes scholar or fan; one who studies and/or appreciates the works of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.
    • William S. Baring-Gould was one of our most knowledgeable Sherlockians and a scholarly, prolific writer.1967, Julian Wolff, obituary
    • Sherlockians generally praise two screen incarnations of Holmes: One is British actor Jeremy Brett's portrayal of the sleuth in TV series from 1984 to 1994, and the other is by Plummer in the 1979 film "Murder by Decree," which costars James Mason as Watson.2009 December 25, Tirdad Derakhshani, “The screen has been unfaithful to Holmes”, in Los Angeles Times

Synonyms of Sherlockian

Forms of Sherlockian

Adjective
comparativemore Sherlockian
superlativemost Sherlockian
Noun
pluralSherlockians

Origin of Sherlockian

From Sherlock + -ian.

Words formed from Sherlockian

Questions about Sherlockian

What does Sherlockian mean?
Sherlockian means of or pertaining to Sherlock Holmes or his investigations, methods, or sayings.
What part of speech is Sherlockian?
Sherlockian can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near Sherlockian in the dictionary

  1. Sherlock Holmesish
  2. Sherlock Holmesque
  3. Sherlock Holmesy
  4. sherlocked
  5. Sherlockesque
  6. Sherlockian
  7. Sherlockiana
  8. Sherlockians
  9. sherlocking
  10. Sherlockish
  11. sherlocks

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