Erewhonian
/ˌɛɹɪˈ(h)wəʊ.ni.ən/ adj, noun
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 An inhabitant of the fictional land of Erewhon.
"I've never heard of him. What sort of name is that for an Erewhonian?"
Adjective
- 1 Of or pertaining to the fictional land of Erewhon.
"This seems to be the customary Erewhonian approach to a problem, this time the problem of the incorporeality of God."
Example
More examples"This seems to be the customary Erewhonian approach to a problem, this time the problem of the incorporeality of God."
Etymology
From Erewhon + -ian: the country's name is an approximate reversal of nowhere, from the novel Erewhon (1872) by Samuel Butler.