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DICKENSIAN
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Of or like the novels of Charles Dickens (especially with regard to poor social and economic conditions)
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Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Pertainym:
Dickens (English writer whose novels depicted and criticized social injustice (1812-1870))
Derivation:
Dickens (English writer whose novels depicted and criticized social injustice (1812-1870))