Gormenghastian
English
editEtymology
editFrom Gormenghast + -ian.
Adjective
editGormenghastian (comparative more Gormenghastian, superlative most Gormenghastian)
- Resembling or pertaining to Gormenghast, an enormous sprawling Gothic castle mired in inexplicable traditions, introduced in a series of novels by Mervyn Peake (1911-1968).
- 1957, The National and English Review:
- The setting, a Gormenghastian castle, is rich with expectancy, and so is quite a lot of the language […]
- 2006, Dana Facaros, Michael Pauls, Sardinia:
- The rules and rites that have come down through time are followed with Gormenghastian rigour, even though the reasons for some bits have long been forgotten […]
- 2006, Django Wexler, Shinigami:
- She'd been picturing some Gormenghastian monstrosity, a mass of dark stone and hulking, spiked towers.
- 2007, Antonia Quirke, Choking on Marlon Brando:
- Up and down the corridors, the dozen staircases, through the whole Gormenghastian maze.