- Holmesian
- adjective Etymology: Sherlock Holmes, detective in stories by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Date: 1929 of, characteristic of, or suggestive of the detective Sherlock Holmes
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
Holmesian
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holmesian — holmes·ian … English syllables
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