Faulknerian

Faulk·ner·i·an

[fawk-neer-ee-uhn]
adjective
of, pertaining to, characteristic of, or resembling the literary style of William Faulkner.

Origin:
1950–55, Americanism; Faulkner + -ian

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Faulkner or Falkner (ˈfɔːknə) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
n
William. 1897--1962, US novelist and short-story writer. Most of his works portray the problems of the southern US, esp the novels set in the imaginary county of Yoknapatawpha in Mississippi. Other novels include The Sound and the Fury (1929) and Light in August (1932): Nobel prize for literature 1949
 
Falkner or Falkner
 
n
 
Faulknerian or Falkner
 
adj

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a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
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