Coetzeean

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Coetzee +‎ -an

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /kutˈseɪ.ən/, /-ˈsi-/

Adjective[edit]

Coetzeean (comparative more Coetzeean, superlative most Coetzeean)

  1. Of or relating to John Maxwell Coetzee (1940–), South African-Australian author.
    • 2006, Jane Poyner, editor, J. M. Coetzee and the Idea of the Public Intellectual, Ohio University Press, →ISBN, page 74:
      In their vocabulary, the two first-person sentences offered as a direct quotation of K's thoughts are plausible representations, although their rhythm of successive, paratactically ordered phrases is recognizably Coetzeean.