Kinbotean

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adjective

Of or relating to Charles Kinbote, the unreliable narrator in Vladimir Nabokov's novel Pale Fire (1962).

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Meanings

adjectiveKinbotean (comparative more Kinbotean, superlative most Kinbotean)

comparative more Kinbotean · superlative most Kinbotean

  1. Of or relating to Charles Kinbote, the unreliable narrator in Vladimir Nabokov's novel Pale Fire (1962).
nounKinbotean (plural Kinboteans)

plural Kinboteans

  1. literatureA proponent of an interpretation of Vladimir Nabokov's 1962 novel Pale Fire according to which the ostensible author John Shade is in fact an invention of the character Charles Kinbote.

Origin

From Kinbote + -an.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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