scheherazadian

adjective

sche·​her·​a·​za·​di·​an

shə̇¦herə¦zädēən,

she¦h- sometimes -zād-

: suited to a tale of the fabled queen Scheherazade : strangely fabulous

Word History

Etymology

Scheherazade, fictitious queen represented as narrator of the stories in the Arabian Nights' Entertainments + English -an

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