Webster's Unabridged Dictionary definition of:

Nab•o•ko•vi•an

Pronunciation: (nab"u-kō'vē-un), [key]
adj.
of, pertaining to, characteristic of, or resembling the literary style of Vladimir Nabokov: a sly, Nabokovian sense of the absurd.

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Na•bo•kov

Pronunciation: (nu-bô'kuf, nab'u-kôf", -kof"; Russ. nu-bô'kuf), [key]
n.
Vla•di•mir Vla•di•mi•ro•vich Pronunciation: (vlad'u-mēr" vlad"u-mēr'u-vich; Russ. vlu-dyē'myir vlu-dyē'myi-ru-vyich), [key] 1899–1977, U.S. novelist, short-story writer, and poet, born in Russia.

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