Meanings
comparative more Pratchettian · superlative most Pratchettian
- 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 1451 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
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Pratchettian. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Pratchettian
“Pratchettian.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Pratchettian. Accessed November 4, 2026.
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