Meanings
adjectiveAhabian (comparative more Ahabian, superlative most Ahabian)
comparative more Ahabian · superlative most Ahabian
- tyrannically monomaniac
Origin
From Ahab + -ian, after the fictional captain in Herman Melville's Moby-Dick who is obsessed with killing a whale that once injured him.
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APA
Ahabian. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Ahabian
MLA
“Ahabian.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Ahabian. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Ahabian,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Ahabian.
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