Hugonian
English
Etymology
From Hugo + -n- + -ian.
Noun
Hugonian (plural Hugonians)
- A native or resident of one of several places in the United States called Hugo, of which the most populous is Hugo, Minnesota.
Adjective
Hugonian (comparative more Hugonian, superlative most Hugonian)
- Native to, related to, or residing in a place called Hugo.
- Related to, or reminiscent of the work of the French writer Victor Hugo.
- 1885. The Saturday Review of Politics, Literature, Science and Art, vol. 60, p. 261.
- Perhaps it is that, as Dr. Polliott remarked of Captain Fitzchrome, he was at a very strict college, where a quotation or any other act showing overt acquaintance with Hugonian literature would have been visited with a severe penalty.
- 1931. George Saintsbury, A Consideration of Thackeray, chapter V.
- The wonderful Hugonian catalogue of names -- so effective in poetry, so superfluous in prose -- are capitally treated.
- 1885. The Saturday Review of Politics, Literature, Science and Art, vol. 60, p. 261.
Synonyms
- Hugoesque
- Hugolian