Lovecraftian
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- /ˌloʊvˈkræftiən/
- Literature
- As a fan of Lovecraftian fiction, she frequently attends events celebrating H. P. Lovecraft's works.
Examples
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Some of them are are Wisconsin things, some of them are Lovecraftian things like some someone in the dark HP Lovecraft memoir.
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Writer for the Lovecraftian detective series Downs and contributor to the local Panel Comix collaborative anthologies.
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As our home's resident expert in all things Lovecraftian, she's the ideal candidate to check out the newest edition in their long-running Fluxx series of games.
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Beautifully written, with the classic unreliable narrator, scary, Lovecraftian almost (except much better written), just altogether a very fine novel, one I'd give even to people who don't read SF/F/H.
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If you love Lovecraftian horror and the Cthulhu Mythos, you will really enjoy this book.
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He considers himself a Lovecraftian enthusiast, always seeking out stories that evoke cosmic horror.
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Surface Forms
Morphology
Lovecraftian = Lovecraft (semi-transparent) = Lovecraft + ian
The noun sense ultimately comes from the name + '-ian' formation; while the morphology is clear, the specific notion of 'cosmic horror' requires knowledge of Lovecraft's work.
Etymology
A Lovecraftian is a story, film, game, or person that is like the writer Lovecraft, formed from his name plus the ending -ian, which means 'related to' or 'like', just as in Victorian. So a Lovecraftian work has mysterious ancient powers and a strong feeling of the unknown.