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Zweigian

Zweigian adjective: of or relating to Austrian writer Stefan Zweig (1881–1942).

Adjective

Zweigian (comparative more Zweigian, superlative most Zweigian)

  1. Of or relating to Austrian writer Stefan Zweig (1881–1942).
    • It is a strange performance, the clash of callow self-certainty with a certain innate modesty, resolved in a (typically Zweigian) stance of passivity and helplessness and evasion (‘probably’).2010 January 28, Michael Hofmann, “Vermicular Dither”, in London Review of Books, volume 32, number 02, →ISSN

Forms of Zweigian

comparativemore Zweigian
superlativemost Zweigian

Origin of Zweigian

From Zweig + -ian.

Questions about Zweigian

What does Zweigian mean?
Zweigian means of or relating to Austrian writer Stefan Zweig (1881–1942).
What part of speech is Zweigian?
Zweigian is an adjective.

Words near Zweigian in the dictionary

  1. Zweifach
  2. Zweifachs
  3. Zweig
  4. Zweigelt
  5. Zweigelts
  6. Zweigian
  7. zweihander
  8. zweihanders
  9. zweihänder
  10. zweihänders
  11. zweikanter

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