Dickensian
adjEtymology
From Dickens (the surname of Charles Dickens (1812–1870)) + -ian (suffix forming adjectives or nouns meaning ‘belonging to, relating to, or like’).
Definitions
Of, pertaining to, or created by the English author Charles Dickens.
Similar to Dickens' writing style, especially in commenting on society, or in using…
Similar to Dickens' writing style, especially in commenting on society, or in using emotion, humour, or rich descriptions.
- a Dickensian name
Reminiscent of the environments and situations most commonly portrayed in Dickens'…
Reminiscent of the environments and situations most commonly portrayed in Dickens' writings, such as poverty, social injustice, and other aspects of Victorian England.
- As though in expiation of their sires' wealth, schoolboys often had to live in conditions that would have disgraced a Dickensian workhouse.
- As earlier implied, the planet is threatened on three major fronts: […] (3) by a Dickensian world of wretched excess and wretched despair.
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A person who admires or studies the works of Charles Dickens.
The neighborhood
- neighborDickenesque
- neighborDickensesque
- neighborDickensiana
- neighborDickensish
- neighborDickensite
- neighborDickensy
Derived
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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA