Gormenghastian

English

Etymology

Gormenghast +‎ -ian

Adjective

Gormenghastian (comparative more Gormenghastian, superlative most Gormenghastian)

1. 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.