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Vathekian

Vathekian adjective: of or relating to Vathek, the protagonist of William Beckford's Gothic novel Vathek (1786): he is a caliph who renounces Islam, seeks supernatural powers, and is ultimately doomed to hell.

Adjective

Vathekian (comparative more Vathekian, superlative most Vathekian)

  1. Of or relating to Vathek, the protagonist of William Beckford's Gothic novel Vathek (1786): he is a caliph who renounces Islam, seeks supernatural powers, and is ultimately doomed to hell.

Forms of Vathekian

comparativemore Vathekian
superlativemost Vathekian

Questions about Vathekian

What does Vathekian mean?
Vathekian means of or relating to Vathek, the protagonist of William Beckford's Gothic novel Vathek (1786): he is a caliph who renounces Islam, seeks supernatural powers, and is ultimately doomed to hell.
What part of speech is Vathekian?
Vathekian is an adjective.

Words near Vathekian in the dictionary

  1. vates
  2. vatful
  3. vatfuls
  4. Vath
  5. vatha
  6. Vathekian
  7. Vaths
  8. vati
  9. vatic
  10. vatical
  11. vatically

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