HomeServicesBlogDictionariesContactSpanish Course
← Back to search

Meaning of Firbankian | Babel Free

Adjective CEFR B2

Definitions

In the style of English novelist Ronald Firbank (1886–1926); high camp.

Examples

“In a similar way, Hollinghurst's Firbankian depictions suggest how existing power structures might be seen to encode ‘sites of erotic investment’ (Sinfield, 2000, p. 27), which while implicated in the history of heteronormative oppression, might nevertheless inform queer desire.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

See also

Learn this word in context

See Firbankian used in real conversations inside our free language course.

Start Free Course