(ˈ)bal|zāshən; (ˈ)bȯl|zakēən, (ˈ)bal|zak- adjective
Usage: usually capitalized
Etymology: Honoré de Balzac died 1850 French novelist + English -ian
1. : of, relating to, or befitting Balzac or his voluminous writings
2. of a literary work : large and comprehensive or minute and faithful in presentation of the realistic details of contemporary life or of lives of odd and undistinguished types