Balzacian

adjective

Bal·​za·​cian (ˈ)bȯl-¦zā-shən 

(ˈ)bal-, 

-¦za-kē-ən

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

Word History

Etymology

Honoré de Balzac †1850 French novelist + English -ian

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