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Vernean, a.|ˈvɜːnɪən|
Also Vernian.
[f. the name of Jules Verne (1828–1905), French author: see -an, -ian.]
Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of the science fiction of Jules Verne. Also Jules Vernean.
1960K. Amis New Maps of Hell (1961) i. 37 The book closes with a straightforward Vernean sermon on the dangers of scientific progress considered as an embodiment of human arrogance. 1964Listener 12 Nov. 743/2 The conquest of space no longer strikes us as Wellsian or Jules Vernian. 1980Time 1 Dec. 60/2 Visionaries like Jules Verne were suggesting a better way. A bullet-shaped vehicle..could be propelled far faster by using powerful electromagnetic fields. Now, as a result of lab work in the U.S. and abroad, the Vernean scheme shows promise of becoming a practical reality. |