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shadean

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
shadean
IPA
11
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
1
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A proponent of an interpretation of Vladimir Nabokov's 1962 novel Pale Fire according to which the character John Shade wrote not only the poem, but the commentary as well, having invented his own death and the character of Kinbote as a literary device.

Inflected Forms

Shadeans (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

Kinbotean

Questions

What does shadean mean?
A proponent of an interpretation of Vladimir Nabokov's 1962 novel Pale Fire according to which the character John Shade wrote not only the poem, but the commentary as well, having invented his own death and the character of Kinbote as a literary device.

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