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Thackerayan

Thackerayan adjective: of or pertaining to William Makepeace Thackeray (1811–1863), English novelist and satirist.

Adjective

Thackerayan (comparative more Thackerayan, superlative most Thackerayan)

  1. Of or pertaining to William Makepeace Thackeray (1811–1863), English novelist and satirist.
    • What she already knew, moreover, was full to her vision, of English, of eccentric, of Thackerayan character, Kate Croy having gradually become not a little explicit on the subject of her situation, her past, her present, her general predicament, her small success, up to the present hour, in...1902, Henry James, The Wings of the Dove

Forms of Thackerayan

comparativemore Thackerayan
superlativemost Thackerayan

Origin of Thackerayan

From Thackeray + -an.

Questions about Thackerayan

What does Thackerayan mean?
Thackerayan means of or pertaining to William Makepeace Thackeray (1811–1863), English novelist and satirist.
What part of speech is Thackerayan?
Thackerayan is an adjective.

Words near Thackerayan in the dictionary

  1. Thaches
  2. thack
  3. thacked
  4. Thacker
  5. Thackeray
  6. Thackerayan
  7. Thackerayana
  8. Thackerayesque
  9. Thackers
  10. thacking
  11. thackless

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