
Adjectives from names
Learning English Vocabulary
Which Adjective Comes From George Orwell?
Adjectives are formed from the names of famous people, such as authors and scientists. Charles Dickens is regarded as the greatest novelist of Victorian England. What do we mean by Dickensian social conditions? And what about an Orwellian future? A Chachillion speech is clearly the kind of speech made by Winston Churchill. You can probably guess which famous people these adjectives come from.
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