Banksian

adj

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Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Of or pertaining to Joseph Banks, English botanist and naturalist.
  2. 2
    Of or pertaining to Iain Banks (born 1954) or his writings, most notably a utopian style of science fiction.

    "Naturally it's compulsive Banksian reading, with lashings of gore, squalor, poison, torture and philosophy."

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"Naturally it's compulsive Banksian reading, with lashings of gore, squalor, poison, torture and philosophy."

Etymology

From Banks + -ian.

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