Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

dumbledorian

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: dum-b-le-do-ri-an
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

6

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of, related to, or characteristic of the fictional wizard Albus Dumbledore from the Harry Potter series

Example Sentences

"“Now I believe it’s someone’s birthday today,” Michael [Gambon] said in his finest Dumbledorian tones."
"The all-important Guildmaster, a Dumbledorian, Gandalfian character of infinite wisdom, martial experience, untainted moral integrity and a white Western phenotype, speaks with a standard RP stage accent featuring the characteristic alveolar trill – or ‘rolled [r]’."
"I found my way to it by following a gentleman with a Rip Van Winkle beard and a Pedersen bicycle, which is a bike of Swedish design that looks like the illegitimate offspring of a penny farthing and a hammock, and between his vaguely Dumbledorian appearance […]."

Etymology

From Dumbledore (itself from the noun dumbledore) + -ian.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: Dumbledore

Inflected Forms

more Dumbledorian (comparative) most Dumbledorian (superlative) Dumbledorean (alternative)

Frequently Paired Words

Voldemortesque Voldemortian Voldemortish

Questions

What does dumbledorian mean?: Of, related to, or characteristic of the fictional wizard Albus Dumbledore from the Harry Potter series
Where does dumbledorian come from?: From Dumbledore (itself from the noun dumbledore) + -ian.

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