Hugonian

English

Etymology

From Hugo +‎ -n- +‎ -ian.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /hjuːˈɡəʊ.ni.ən/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /hjuˈɡoʊ.ni.ən/
• Rhymes: -əʊniən

Noun

Hugonian (plural Hugonians)

1. A native or resident of one of several places in the United States called Hugo, of which the most populous is Hugo, Minnesota.

Adjective

Hugonian (comparative more Hugonian, superlative most Hugonian)

1. Native to, related to, or residing in a place called Hugo.
2. Related to, or reminiscent of the work of the French writer Victor Hugo.
   • 1885, The Saturday Review of Politics, Literature, Science and Art, volume 60, page 261:

     Perhaps it is that, as Dr. Polliott remarked of Captain Fitzchrome, he was at a very strict college, where a quotation or any other act showing overt acquaintance with Hugonian literature would have been visited with a severe penalty.

   • 1931, . George Saintsbury, chapter V, in A Consideration of Thackeray:

     The wonderful Hugonian catalogue of names -- so effective in poetry, so superfluous in prose -- are capitally treated.

Synonyms

• Hugoesque
• Hugolian