Pratchettian

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adjective

Of or relating to Terry Pratchett (1948–2015), English author of mostly comic fantasy novels.

Scrabble 19

Meanings

adjectivePratchettian (comparative more Pratchettian, superlative most Pratchettian)

comparative more Pratchettian · superlative most Pratchettian

  1. Of or relating to Terry Pratchett (1948–2015), English author of mostly comic fantasy novels.

    Outside this Pratchettian sub-genre it is actually rare to come across novels that treat Arthurian material from a humorous perspective.

    1998, Adam Roberts, Silk and Potatoes: Contemporary Arthurian Fantasy, page 145
    1 more example

    I plugged Susanna Clarke's debut fantasy Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell, and read from James Branch Cabell's The Music from Behind the Moon (1926), which weirdly anticipates the Pratchettian common-sense solution to fairytale dilemmas.

    2005, David Langford, The Sex Column and Other Misprints, page 231

Origin

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APA

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

MLA

“Pratchettian.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Pratchettian. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Pratchettian,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Pratchettian.

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