Definitions

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  • adjective Of or pertaining to the French writer Alexandre Dumas.

Etymologies

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Dumas +‎ -ian

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Examples

  • Clockers is a long book--longer than it needs to be since Price's strength isn't a Dumasian skill with plot complications, but rather his stunning, pitch-perfect feel for dialogue and colloquial gestures.

    Reading away. bradamant 2003

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