Fortean

Meanings

1. A follower or admirer of Charles Fort.
2. One who investigates anomalous phenomena.

1. Of or pertaining to anomalous phenomena.
2. Of or pertaining to Charles Fort.

1. Alternative form of Fortean.

1. Alternative form of Fortean.

Etymology

From Fort + -ean, named after Charles Hoy Fort (1874–1932), an American writer and investigator of anomalous phenomena. The word was coined by American journalist Ben Hecht (1894–1964) in a review of Fort’s book The Book of the Damned (1919) in the Chicago Daily News in 1920.