Etymology

Dickensian

Dick·ens·i·an
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Today it means: Of, pertaining to, or created by the English author Charles Dickens. Full definition →

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The story

From Dickens (the surname of Charles Dickens (1812–1870)) + -ian (suffix forming adjectives or nouns meaning ‘belonging to, relating to, or like’).

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