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oblomovian

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
oblo-mo-vian
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Lazy and apathetic.

Etymology

From Oblomov + -ian, after the nobleman who rarely leaves his bed in Ivan Goncharov's novel Oblomov (1859).

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

more Oblomovian (comparative) most Oblomovian (superlative)

Frequently Paired Words

Oblomovism

Questions

What does oblomovian mean?
Lazy and apathetic.
Where does oblomovian come from?
From Oblomov + -ian, after the nobleman who rarely leaves his bed in Ivan Goncharov's novel Oblomov (1859).

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