Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

pratchettian

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: pratch-et-tian
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of or relating to Terry Pratchett (1948–2015), English author of mostly comic fantasy novels.

Example Sentences

"Outside this Pratchettian sub-genre it is actually rare to come across novels that treat Arthurian material from a humorous perspective."
"I plugged Susanna Clarke's debut fantasy Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell, and read from James Branch Cabell's The Music from Behind the Moon (1926), which weirdly anticipates the Pratchettian common-sense solution to fairytale dilemmas."

Etymology

From Pratchett + -ian.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: Pratchett

Inflected Forms

more Pratchettian (comparative) most Pratchettian (superlative)

Questions

What does pratchettian mean?: Of or relating to Terry Pratchett (1948–2015), English author of mostly comic fantasy novels.
Where does pratchettian come from?: From Pratchett + -ian.

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