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Definition of “Gogolian”

Gogolian (ˌɡəʊˈɡɒlɪən) 

Definitions

adjective

  1. (literature) of, relating to, or like the Russian writer Gogol (1809--52) or his works

Gogol (ˈɡəʊɡɒl Pronunciation for Gogol ; Russian ˈɡɔɡəlj) 

Definitions

noun

  1. Nikolai Vasilievich (nikaˈlaj vaˈsiljɪvitʃ). 1809–52, Russian novelist, dramatist, and short-story writer. His best-known works are The Government Inspector (1836), a comedy satirizing bureaucracy, and the novel Dead Souls (1842)

Derived Forms

ˌGoˈgolian adjective

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