Cumberbatchian

English

Etymology

From Cumberbatch +‎ -ian.

Adjective

Cumberbatchian (comparative more Cumberbatchian, superlative most Cumberbatchian)

1. Of, relating to, or characteristic of English actor Benedict Cumberbatch.
   • 2014 March 7, Karim Sadli, “The Case of the Accidental Superstar”, in T: The New York Times Style Magazine:

     Sherlock-the-character has a fanatic following, with fans who debate every Cumberbatchian movement and every plot twist with the fervor of grassy-knoll conspiracy buffs.

   • 2014 November 20, Richard Corliss, “Review: The Imitation Game: Dancing With Dr. Strange”, in Time:

     Alan Turing in The Imitation Game may be the actor’s oddest, fullest, most Cumberbatchian character yet.

   • 2015, Zach Dundas, The Great Detective: The Amazing Rise and Immortal Life of Sherlock Holmes, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, →ISBN, pages 262–263:

     (Under the name wordstrings, she also writes stories in which the Cumberbatchian Holmes experiences vivid synesthesia and other intense internal effects, some obviously due to diagnosable psychiatric disorders.)

   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Cumberbatchian.