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Zarfian

Zarfian adjective: of or relating to Andrew Plotkin ("Zarf", born 1970), a writer and critic of interactive fiction.

Adjective

Zarfian (comparative more Zarfian, superlative most Zarfian)

  1. Of or relating to Andrew Plotkin ("Zarf", born 1970), a writer and critic of interactive fiction.
    • This "game" is obviously an elaborate Rorschach test administered to the unsuspecting denizens of rec.*.if, whose reactions have no doubt been tabulated and incorporated into some sinister Zarfian plot - to what dark end, I shudder to imagine.1997, Kory Heath, “So Far - One Lousy Point”, in rec.games.int-fiction (Usenet)
    • Zarfian surrealism without Zarfian skill or subtlety. Beats reader over the head a bit with emotions.1998, Jake Wildstrom, “[COMP '98] Reviews (Feel free to hate me for them...)”, in rec.games.int-fiction (Usenet)

Forms of Zarfian

comparativemore Zarfian
superlativemost Zarfian

Origin of Zarfian

Zarf + -ian

Questions about Zarfian

What does Zarfian mean?
Zarfian means of or relating to Andrew Plotkin ("Zarf", born 1970), a writer and critic of interactive fiction.
What part of speech is Zarfian?
Zarfian is an adjective.

Words near Zarfian in the dictionary

  1. Zaremba
  2. Zarembas
  3. Zaretsky
  4. Zaretskys
  5. zarf
  6. Zarfian
  7. zarfs
  8. Zargari
  9. zari
  10. Zaria
  11. Zariah

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