Banksian

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adjective

Of or pertaining to Joseph Banks, English botanist and naturalist.

Scrabble 14

Meanings

adjectiveBanksian (comparative more Banksian, superlative most Banksian)

comparative more Banksian · superlative most Banksian

  1. biologyOf or pertaining to Joseph Banks, English botanist and naturalist.
  2. Of or pertaining to Iain Banks (born 1954) or his writings, most notably a utopian style of science fiction.

    […]the recurring motif of war and its symbolic Banksian appendage, the figure of the castle[…]

    2007, Ian Brown, The Edinburgh History of Scottish Literature, page 255
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    Naturally it's compulsive Banksian reading, with lashings of gore, squalor, poison, torture and philosophy.

    2003, David Langford, Up Through an Empty House of Stars, page 214

    And it is in the character and story of Abel that this element of Banksian self-parody shows itself most clearly […]

    Books in Scotland (issues 63-68, page 4)

Origin

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APA

Banksian. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Banksian

MLA

“Banksian.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Banksian. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

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