Word info

Wellsian

Speech parts

1. Wellsian - Noun

2. Wellsian - Adjective

Meaning

Wellsian (comparative more Wellsian, superlative most Wellsian)

Of or pertaining to H. G. Wells (1866-1946), English writer regarded as a progenitor of science fiction, or his writings or politics.

Wellsian (plural Wellsians)

An admirer of H. G. Wells (1866-1946), English writer regarded as a progenitor of science fiction, or his writings or politics.

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Examples

Aldous Huxley, Letters of Aldous Huxley, ed. by Grover Smith (New York and Evanston: Harper & Row, 1969), p. 348: "I am writing a novel about the future — on the horror of the Wellsian Utopia and a revolt against it. Source: Internet

The scholarly journal The Wellsian has published around twenty articles on The Time Machine, and the new US academic journal devoted to H.G. Wells, The Undying Fire has published three since its inception in 2002. Source: Internet

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