English Explanatory Dictionary

Javertian

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Of or pertaining to the relentless pursuit of a wrongdoer.

Pronunciation

/ʒəˈvɛɹʃən/

Word forms

Javertian more Javertian most Javertian

Etymology

From Javert, a police inspector in Victor Hugo's 1862 novel Les Misérables.

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