Nabokovian

[ nab-uh-koh-vee-uhn ]

adjective

1. of, pertaining to, characteristic of, or resembling the literary style of Vladimir Nabokov:

   a sly, Nabokovian sense of the absurd.

Word History and Origins

Origin of Nabokovian¹

First recorded in 1955–60; Nabokov + -ian