"Ahabian" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

Forms: more Ahabian [comparative], most Ahabian [superlative]
Etymology: Ahab + -ian, after the fictional captain in Herman Melville's Moby-Dick who is obsessed with killing a whale who once injured him. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|Ahab|ian}} Ahab + -ian Head templates: {{en-adj}} Ahabian (comparative more Ahabian, superlative most Ahabian)
  1. tyrannically monomaniac Wikipedia link: Herman Melville, Moby-Dick Categories (topical): Human behaviour, Personality

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