Borgesian

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adjective

Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of Jorge Luis Borges or his writings.

Scrabble 12

Meanings

adjectiveBorgesian (comparative more Borgesian, superlative most Borgesian)

comparative more Borgesian · superlative most Borgesian

  1. Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of Jorge Luis Borges or his writings.

    Stories now tend to be either Chekhovian or Borgesian; only rarely are they both.

    2001, Harold Bloom, How to read and why, →ISBN, page 57
    1 more example

    The Borgesian revelation of understanding has not and will not — and, we submit, cannot — occur if machine learning programs like ChatGPT continue to dominate the field of A.I.

    2023 March 8, Noam Chomsky, Ian Roberts, Jeffrey Watumull, “The False Promise of ChatGPT”, in The New York Times, →ISSN

Origin

Translations

French borgésien, borgien
  • borgésiencharacteristic of Jorge Luis Borges
  • borgiencharacteristic of Jorge Luis Borges
German borgesianisch
  • borgesianischcharacteristic of Jorge Luis Borges
Spanish borgesiano, borgeano
  • borgesianocharacteristic of Jorge Luis Borges
  • borgeanocharacteristic of Jorge Luis Borges
  • borgianocharacteristic of Jorge Luis Borges
Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Borgesian,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Borgesian.

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