Javertian

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Etymology

From Javert, a police inspector in Victor Hugo's 1862 novel Les Misérables.

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Adjective

Javertian (comparative more Javertian, superlative most Javertian)

  1. Of or pertaining to the relentless pursuit of a wrongdoer.
    • 2005, Jack Shafer in Slate, For all Fitzgerald’s Javertian tendencies, I doubt if he wants to be remembered as the guy who jailed reporters from Time and the New York Times.:

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