Dickensian

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• Received-Pronunciation: /dɪˈkɛn.zɪ.ən/
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• General-American: /dəˈkɛn.zi.ən/
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• CMU ARPABET: D IH0 K EH1 N Z IY0 AH0 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Dickens (the surname of Charles Dickens (1812–1870)) + -ian (suffix forming adjectives or nouns meaning ‘belonging to, relating to, or like’).

14 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Catalan: dickensià — of, pertaining to, or created by the English author Charles Dickens
• Czech: dickensovský — of, pertaining to, or created by the English author Charles Dickens
• Finnish: dickensiläinen — of, pertaining to, or created by the English author Charles Dickens
• French: dickensien — of, pertaining to, or created by the English author Charles Dickens
• German: Dickensisch — of, pertaining to, or created by the English author Charles Dickens
• Catalan: dickensià — similar to Dickens’ writing style
• Catalan: dickensià — reminiscent of the environments and situations most commonly portrayed in Dickens’ writings, such as poverty, social injustice, and other aspects of Victorian England
• Czech: dickensovský — reminiscent of the environments and situations most commonly portrayed in Dickens’ writings, such as poverty, social injustice, and other aspects of Victorian England
• Estonian: dikenslik — reminiscent of the environments and situations most commonly portrayed in Dickens’ writings, such as poverty, social injustice, and other aspects of Victorian England
• Finnish: dickensiläinen — reminiscent of the environments and situations most commonly portrayed in Dickens’ writings, such as poverty, social injustice, and other aspects of Victorian England
• French: dickensien — reminiscent of the environments and situations most commonly portrayed in Dickens’ writings, such as poverty, social injustice, and other aspects of Victorian England
• German: dickensisch — reminiscent of the environments and situations most commonly portrayed in Dickens’ writings, such as poverty, social injustice, and other aspects of Victorian England
• Greek: ντικενσιανό (ntikensianó) — reminiscent of the environments and situations most commonly portrayed in Dickens’ writings, such as poverty, social injustice, and other aspects of Victorian England
• Spanish: dickensiano — reminiscent of the environments and situations most commonly portrayed in Dickens’ writings, such as poverty, social injustice, and other aspects of Victorian England