PYNCHON

Meaning of PYNCHON in English

biographical name Thomas 1937- American writer, ~esque adjective

Merriam Webster. Explanatory English dictionary Merriam Webster. Толковый словарь английского языка Мерриам-Уэбстер. 2012

PYNCHON — /pin"cheuhn/ , n. William , 1590?-1662, English colonist in America.
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
PYNCHON — biographical name Thomas 1937- American writer • Pyn·chon·esque ˌpin-chə-ˈnesk adjective
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
PYNCHON — Pynchon BrE AmE ˈpɪn t ʃ ə n
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
PYNCHON — Pyn ‧ chon, Thomas /ˈpɪntʃ ə n/ BrE AmE (1937–) a US writer, whose novels are often very complicated. His …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
PYNCHON — (1937– ) a US writer of complicated novels. He uses words in humorous ways and often refers to literature and …
Oxford Guide to British and American Culture English vocabulary
PYNCHON — Pronunciation: ' pin-ch ə n Function: biographical name Thomas 1937- American writer – Pyn · chon · esque \ ˌ …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
PYNCHON, THOMAS — born May 8, 1937, Glen Cove, Long Island, N.Y., U.S. U.S. writer. He studied physics at Cornell University and worked …
Английский словарь Британика
PYNCHON, THOMAS — born May 8, 1937, Glen Cove, Long Island, N.Y., U.S. American novelist and short-story writer whose works combine black humour …
Britannica English vocabulary
PYNCHON, THOMAS — Pyn ‧ chon, Thomas /ˈpɪntʃ ə n/ BrE AmE (1937–) a US writer, whose novels are often very complicated. His …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
PYNCHON, THOMAS — born May 8, 1937, Glen Cove, Long Island, N.Y., U.S. U.S. writer. He studied physics at Cornell University and worked …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
THOMAS PYNCHON — ➡ Pynchon
Oxford Guide to British and American Culture English vocabulary
PYNCHON, THOMAS — (р. 1937) Пинчон, Томас Писатель-постмодернист. Приобрел известность благодаря своим четырем романам: "V" ["V."] (1963) - премия Фонда Уильяма Фолкнера [William Faulkner …
PYNCHON, THOMAS — (р. 1937) Пинчон, Томас Писатель-постмодернист. Приобрел известность благодаря своим четырем романам: "V" (1963) - премия Фонда У. Фолкнера [William Faulkner …
PYNCHONESQUE — adjective see: Pynchon
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
THOMAS — [c mediumvioletred] (as used in expressions) Affleck Thomas Aldrich Thomas Bailey Allbutt Sir Thomas Clifford Aquinas Saint Thomas Arne Thomas …
Английский словарь Британика
BLACK HUMOUR — Humour marked by the use of morbid, ironic, or grotesquely comic episodes that ridicule human folly. The term came into …
Английский словарь Британика
SOMETHING ELSE — phrasal 1. : something or someone special or extraordinary the solos … were something else — Thomas Pynchon this guy …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
MAKE IT — phrasal 1. : to be successful trying to make it as writer-in-residence at the university — Gershon Legman 2. : …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
PYNCHONESQUE — see Pynchon
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
BLACK HUMOUR — also called Black Comedy, writing that juxtaposes morbid or ghastly elements with comical ones. Though in 1940 the French Surrealist …
Britannica English vocabulary
YEAR IN REVIEW 1998: LITERATURE
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YEAR IN REVIEW 1998: JACKIE ROBINSON — Jackie Robinson: A 50th Anniversary Remembrance Nearly 54,000 people--among them U.S. Pres. Bill Clinton--jammed New York City's Shea Stadium on …
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SPRINGFIELD — city, seat (1818) of Clark county, west-central Ohio, U.S., on Buck Creek and Mad River, 25 miles (40 km) northeast …
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GADDIS, WILLIAM — born Dec. 29, 1922, New York, N.Y., U.S. died Dec. 16, 1998, East Hampton, N.Y. in full William Thomas Gaddis …
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AMERICAN LITERATURE
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EXPLICIT — adjective COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a specific/direct/explicit reference (= mentioning something specifically/directly etc ) ▪ No specific reference was made …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
COMIC — I. adjective COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a comic actor ▪ He was a comic actor and he always got a …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
BLACK HUMOUR — Humour marked by the use of morbid, ironic, or grotesquely comic episodes that ridicule human folly. The term came into …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
THOMAS — n. Adès Thomas Affleck Thomas Aldrich Thomas Bailey Allbutt Sir Thomas Clifford Aquinas Saint Thomas Arne Thomas Augustine Arnold Thomas …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
WRITER
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