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Joycean
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English
Alternative forms
en Joycian
Etymology
en :af Joyce -ean + 1
Pronunciation
en /ˈd͡ʒɔɪsɪ.ən/ RP
en /ˈd͡ʒɔɪsi.ən/ GA
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Rho9998-Joycean.wav UK
Adjective
Of or pertaining to James Joyce (1882–1941) or his writings.
en-GB Robert Potts The poet at play The Guardian 2001-05-12 https://www.theguardian.com/books/2001/may/12/poetry.artsandhumanities 0261-3077 Even Muldoon's fans find some of the “difficulty” of this pyrotechnical erudition too playful, suspecting him of a Joycean desire to “keep the professors busy”. https://web.archive.org/web/20261015100552/https://www.theguardian.com/books/2001/may/12/poetry.artsandhumanities 15 October 2026
en 15 June 2011 Debbie McGoldrick The genius of the Irish writer James Joyce IrishCentral.com http://www.irishcentral.com/news/the-genius-of-joyce-123936139-237393721 Around the world these days there are thousands of Joycean scholars who make their living parsing and reparsing the great man who, perhaps much to his chagrin if he were alive, has become a symbol of all things Irish to millions. https://web.archive.org/web/20260419234814/https://www.irishcentral.com/news/the-genius-of-joyce-123936139-237393721 19 April 2026
en of _ writing In a verbally inventive style similar to that of James Joyce.
en 1984 w:Anthony Burgess w:Ninety-nine Novels London Allison & Busby The Horse's Mouth — Joyce Cary [1944] Jimson is a total nonconformist and his god is William Blake, whom he quotes endlessly in his somewhat Joycean interior monologues.
Translations
pertaining to James Joyce or his writings
Czech: cs joyceovský
Estonian: et Joyce'lik
Finnish: fi joycelainen
French: fr joycien
German: de joyceanisch
Greek: el τζοϋσικός
Hungarian: hu joyce-i
Italian: it joyciano, it gioissiano
Polish: pl joyce'owski
Portuguese: pt joyceano
Russian: ru джо́йсовский
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: sh џојсовскӣ
Latin: sh džojsovskī
Slovak: sk joyceovský
Spanish: es joyceano
Noun
A person who studies or admires the works of James Joyce.
en Eric Bulson Yes I Will Read ‘Ulysses’ Yes The Atlantic 2025-06-16 https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2025/07/zachary-leader-richard-ellmann-james-joyce-review/682907/ 2151-9463 But [Richard] Ellmann himself was a Joycean avant la lettre. https://web.archive.org/web/20260302035643/https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2025/07/zachary-leader-richard-ellmann-james-joyce-review/682907/ 2 March 2026
Anagrams
en acejnoy Jayceon Jayoncé joyance
en eponyms