Udolphan

English

Etymology

From Udolpho +‎ -an.

Adjective

Udolphan (comparative more Udolphan, superlative most Udolphan)

1. (rare) Of or relating to The Mysteries of Udolpho (1794), a Gothic novel by Ann Radcliffe.
   • 1991, English Studies in Canada, page 96:

     After her Udolphan experience Emily says, "I am lately come from a place of wonders; but unluckily, since I left it, I have heard almost all of them explained" (491).

   • 2009, Gerry Turcotte, Peripheral Fear: Transformations of the Gothic in Canadian and Australian Fiction:

     Like the typical Udolphan landscape wherein morals are tried and in which natural laws seem to collapse, the retreat proves to be the place where Louise is tested most severely […]