Lawrentian

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UK/lɒˈɹɛnʃən/

adjective

Of or pertaining to the author T. E. Lawrence or his works or style of writing.

Scrabble 13

Meanings

Lawrentian1

adjectiveLawrentian (comparative more Lawrentian, superlative most Lawrentian)

comparative more Lawrentian · superlative most Lawrentian

  1. Of or pertaining to the author T. E. Lawrence or his works or style of writing.

    Once in Paris, Idriss meets the unlikely aristocrat Sigisbert de Beaufond, who regales him with a desert drama of Lawrentian proportions.

    1999, David Platten, Michel Tournier and the Metaphor of Fiction, Liverpool, published 1999, page 150
  2. Of or pertaining to the author D. H. Lawrence or his works or style of writing.

    Head to the countryside, says Quickies, and have lots of sex in barns and stables that throb with Lawrentian promise.

    2007 June 22, Lucy Mangan, The Guardian, G2, p. 11

Lawrentian2

nounLawrentian (plural Lawrentians)

plural Lawrentians

  1. A person from or resident of Lawrence, Kansas.

Origin

Lawrentian · adjective

From Lawrence + -ian. Piecewise doublet of Laurencian and Laurentian; compare also lawrencium.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Sounds the same

LaurencianLaurentian
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APA

Lawrentian. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Lawrentian

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Chicago

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