Hugonian

English Etymology From en Hugo -n- -ian. Pronunciation en /hjuːˈɡəʊ.ni.ən/ RP en /hjuˈɡoʊ.ni.ən/ GA en əʊniən 4 Noun A native or resident of one of several places in the United States called Hugo, of which the most populous is Hugo, Minnesota. Adjective Native to, related to, or residing in a place called Hugo. Related to, or reminiscent of the work of the French writer Victor Hugo. en 1885 The Saturday Review of Politics, Literature, Science and Art 60 261 Perhaps it is that, as Dr. Polliott remarked of Captain Fitzchrome, he was at a very strict college, where a quotation or any other act showing overt acquaintance with Hugonian literature would have been visited with a severe penalty. en 1931 . George Saintsbury A Consideration of Thackeray V The wonderful Hugonian catalogue of names -- so effective in poetry, so superfluous in prose -- are capitally treated. Synonyms en Hugoesque en Hugolian en eponyms en Demonyms Fiction