Chekhovianadj.n.

Brit.

/tʃɛˈkəʊvɪən/, U.S.

/tʃɛˈkoʊviən/

Forms: Also Chekovian, Tchehovian.

Etymology: < Chekhov (see below) + -ian suffix.

A. adj.

Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of the work of the Russian writer Anton Pavlovich Chekhov (1860–1904).

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > drama > playwriting > [adjective] > specific playwright

Terentian1600

Sophocleana1644

Shakespeareana1754

Plautine1768

Aeschylean1783

Marlowish1798

Websterian1809

Euripidean1821

Aristophanic1827

Fletcherian1850

Marlowesque1884

Senecan1885

Jonsonian1886

Marlovian1887

Ibsenian1891

Ibsenish1893

Pinerotic1895

Shavian1904

bardolatrous1905

Ibsenesque1906

Strindbergian1913

Lylian1923

Chekhovian1925

Sheridanesque1931

Brechtian1935

Vanbrughian1947

Stoppardian1978

1925 Bookman Oct. 174 There is nothing more Chekhovian, outside Chekhov, than Mr. Lytton Strachey's life of Cardinal Manning.

1927 Observer 15 May 6 That specific Chekovian symbolism and ‘musical’ construction which makes his plays more like Maeterlinck's than like ‘real life’.

1943 Scrutiny 11 185 Everyone is frustrated: and it is that Tchehovian frustration which is the antithesis of tragedy.

1957 V. Nabokov Pnin 42 She had had a dragging, hopelessly complicated, Chekhovian rather than Dostoevskian affair with a cripple.

B. n.

A character in one of Chekhov's plays.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > drama > part or character > [noun] > character in play by specific author

Shavian1905

Chekhovian1921

1921 J. Agate Red Letter Nights (1944) 100 But these Tchehovians do nothing.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	chekhovian
释义	Chekhovianadj.n. Brit. /tʃɛˈkəʊvɪən/, U.S. /tʃɛˈkoʊviən/ Forms: Also Chekovian, Tchehovian. Etymology: < Chekhov (see below) + -ian suffix. A. adj. Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of the work of the Russian writer Anton Pavlovich Chekhov (1860–1904). ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > drama > playwriting > [adjective] > specific playwright Terentian1600 Sophocleana1644 Shakespeareana1754 Plautine1768 Aeschylean1783 Marlowish1798 Websterian1809 Euripidean1821 Aristophanic1827 Fletcherian1850 Marlowesque1884 Senecan1885 Jonsonian1886 Marlovian1887 Ibsenian1891 Ibsenish1893 Pinerotic1895 Shavian1904 bardolatrous1905 Ibsenesque1906 Strindbergian1913 Lylian1923 Chekhovian1925 Sheridanesque1931 Brechtian1935 Vanbrughian1947 Stoppardian1978 1925 Bookman Oct. 174 There is nothing more Chekhovian, outside Chekhov, than Mr. Lytton Strachey's life of Cardinal Manning. 1927 Observer 15 May 6 That specific Chekovian symbolism and ‘musical’ construction which makes his plays more like Maeterlinck's than like ‘real life’. 1943 Scrutiny 11 185 Everyone is frustrated: and it is that Tchehovian frustration which is the antithesis of tragedy. 1957 V. Nabokov Pnin 42 She had had a dragging, hopelessly complicated, Chekhovian rather than Dostoevskian affair with a cripple. B. n. A character in one of Chekhov's plays. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > drama > part or character > [noun] > character in play by specific author Shavian1905 Chekhovian1921 1921 J. Agate Red Letter Nights (1944) 100 But these Tchehovians do nothing. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.n.1921
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