lovecrafty

English

Alternative forms

  • Lovecrafty

Etymology

From (H.P.) Lovecraft (horror author) +‎ -y.

Adjective

lovecrafty (comparative more lovecrafty, superlative most lovecrafty)

  1. Having a theme or style resembling the works of horror author H.P. Lovecraft, specifically characterised by cosmic horror, the insignificance of humanity, and themes of the unknown.
    • 1994, Hakim Bey, Immediatism, page 21:
      […] these lovecrafty suckers are trying to turn you into a scrunched-up blood-drained pathetic crippled little cog in the death-machine of the human soul (& let's not have any theological quibbles about what we mean by "soul"!).
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