Fortean

发音

UK /ˈfɔː.tɪ.ən/
其它
US /ˈfɔɹ.ti.ən/
US /-ɾi.ən/

词形变化

Forteans 复数 Forteans more Fortean 比较级 most Fortean 最高级

别名

fortean

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A follower or admirer of Charles Fort.

  2. 2.

    One who investigates anomalous phenomena.

adj.
  1. 1.

    Of or pertaining to anomalous phenomena.

    Ufology is a somewhat Fortean subject.

  2. 2.

    Of or pertaining to Charles Fort.

词源

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.

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