Nabokov

[ nuh-baw-kuh f, nab-uh-kawf, -kof; Russian nuh-baw-kuh f ]

/ nəˈbɔ kəf, ˈnæb əˌkɔf, -ˌkɒf; Russian nʌˈbɔ kəf /

noun

Vla·di·mir Vla·di·mi·ro·vich

[vlad-uh-meer vlad-uh-meer-uh-vich; Russian vluh-dyee-myir vluh-dyee-myi-ruh-vyich] /ˈvlæd əˌmɪər ˌvlæd əˈmɪər ə vɪtʃ; Russian vlʌˈdyi myɪr vlʌˈdyi myɪ rə vyɪtʃ/, 1899–1977, U.S. novelist, short-story writer, and poet, born in Russia.

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Examples from the Web for nabokov

Hard to believe, but after all this time as Lolita, Monica Lewinski takes one (albeit not giant) leap toward Nabokov.
The Monica Column You Least Expected|Kevin Bleyer|May 11, 2014|DAILY BEAST
But the truth was I had written what I thought was a comic novel, composed under the spell of Despair, an early Nabokov.
How I Write: Scott Spencer|Noah Charney|March 13, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Pope, Wharton, Nabokov, and Updike, to name only a handful, fail to register at all.
John Sutherland‘s Enjoyable Little History of Literature|Malcolm Forbes|November 29, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Fitzgerald, Nabokov, Huxley, and the rest of them failed in Hollywood for a variety of reasons.
‘The Counselor’ & How Cormac McCarthy Beat the Hollywood Curse|Andrew Romano|October 26, 2013|DAILY BEAST

She spends far more time disarming her reader than Nabokov or Forster.
Book Bag: Battle Hymn of the Tiger Writer|Gish Jen|April 9, 2013|DAILY BEAST

British Dictionary definitions for nabokov

Nabokov

/ (nəˈbɒkɒf, ˈnæbəˌkɒf) /

noun

Vladimir Vladimirovich (vlaˈdimir vlaˈdimirəvitʃ). 1899–1977, US novelist, born in Russia. His works include Lolita (1955), Pnin (1957), Pale Fire (1962), and Ada (1969)

Derived forms of Nabokov

Nabokovian (ˌnæbəˈkəʊvɪən), adjective

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