|dästə|yefskēən, |dȯs-, -stō|ye-, -stē|e-, -(ˌ)stȯ|(y)e-, -ˌstȯi|(y)e-, -evzk-, -evsk-, -kiən sometimes |dəs- or -_stə|e- or -_stō|e- adjective
Usage: usually capitalized
Etymology: Fedor Dostoevski died 1881 Russ. novelist + English -an
: of, relating to, or typical of Fedor Dostoevski or his writings
the Dostoevskian milieu seemed barbaric, lawless, Eastern, an enemy of the “sanity and method” he clung to — Irving Howe