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Nabokov
[ nuh-baw-kuhf, nab-uh-kawf, -kof; Russian nuh-baw-kuhf ]
noun
- Vla·di·mir Vla·di·mi·ro·vich [vlad, -, uh, -meer vlad-, uh, -, meer, -, uh, -vich, vluh-, dyee, -myi, r, vluh-, dyee, -myi-, r, uh, -vyich], 1899–1977, U.S. novelist, short-story writer, and poet, born in Russia.
Nabokov
/ ˌnæbəˈkəʊvɪən; nəˈbɒkɒf; ˈnæbəˌkɒf /
noun
- NabokovVladimir Vladimirovich18991977MUSRussianWRITING: novelist Vladimir Vladimirovich (vlaˈdimir vlaˈdimirəvitʃ). 1899–1977, US novelist, born in Russia. His works include Lolita (1955), Pnin (1957), Pale Fire (1962), and Ada (1969)
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Derived Forms
- Nabokovian, adjective
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Example Sentences
Hard to believe, but after all this time as Lolita, Monica Lewinski takes one (albeit not giant) leap toward Nabokov.
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But the truth was I had written what I thought was a comic novel, composed under the spell of Despair, an early Nabokov.
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Pope, Wharton, Nabokov, and Updike, to name only a handful, fail to register at all.
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Fitzgerald, Nabokov, Huxley, and the rest of them failed in Hollywood for a variety of reasons.
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The stage directions title him “The Butterfly Hunter” and then identify him: “His name is Vladimir Nabokov.”
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