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Ääntäminen

  • ÄäntäminenSouthern England
  • ÄäntäminenGA:
    • IPA: /dəˈkɛn.zi.ən/
  • RP:
    • IPA: /dɪˈkɛn.zɪ.ən/
KieliKäännökset
ranskadickensien
suomidickensläinen, dickensiläinen

Määritelmät

Adjektiivi

  1. Of, pertaining to, or created by the English author Charles Dickens.
  2. Similar to Dickens' writing style, especially in commenting on society, or in using emotion, humour, or rich descriptions.
  3. Reminiscent of the environments and situations most commonly portrayed in Dickens' writings, such as poverty, social injustice, and other aspects of Victorian England.

Substantiivi

  1. A person who admires or studies the works of Charles Dickens.

Esimerkit

  • As though in expiation of their sires' wealth, schoolboys often had to live in conditions that would have disgraced a Dickensian workhouse.
  • By the time I pressed a huge and over-polished brass bell I'd devolved into a shifty-eyed, cinder-cheeked Dickensian urchin...
  • ...a Dickensian world of wretched excess and wretched despair...

Taivutusmuodot

MonikkoDickensians
Komparatiivimore Dickensian
Superlatiivimost Dickensian