Rapunzelian

English

Etymology

Rapunzel +‎ -ian

Adjective

Rapunzelian (comparative more Rapunzelian, superlative most Rapunzelian)

  1. Of or relating to the fictional Rapunzel, especially in having very long hair.
    • 1975, The Museums Journal, volumes 75-77, page 221:
      While they ranged from the thirteenth to the nineteenth century, from the Rapunzelian towers of Stokesay Castle to the Preraphaelite Gothic of Victorian Madresfield Court, the majority were of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries […]
    • 2003, Clifford S. Ackley, Ronni Baer, Tom Rassieur, Rembrandt's Journey: Painter, Draftsman, Etcher, page 128:
      The light plays over her glowing face, and her Rapunzelian hair cascades down her shoulders in perfect contrast to the hard, gritty surface of the walls.
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