Gormenghastian

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1. Resembling or pertaining to Gormenghast, an enormous sprawling Gothic castle mired in inexplicable traditions, introduced in a series of novels by Mervyn Peake (1911-1968).

   Up and down the corridors, the dozen staircases, through the whole Gormenghastian maze.

   2007, Antonia Quirke, Choking on Marlon Brando

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   The setting, a Gormenghastian castle, is rich with expectancy, and so is quite a lot of the language […]

   1957, The National and English Review

   The rules and rites that have come down through time are followed with Gormenghastian rigour, even though the reasons for some bits have long been forgotten […]

   2006, Dana Facaros, Michael Pauls, Sardinia

   She'd been picturing some Gormenghastian monstrosity, a mass of dark stone and hulking, spiked towers.

   2006, Django Wexler, Shinigami