Che·khov also Che·kov (ch k ôf, - f, -v, chy  f), Anton Pavlovich 1860-1904. Russian writer whose dramas, such as The Seagull (1896, revised 1898), and stories, including "A Dreary Story" (1889), concern the inability of humans to communicate with one another. Che·kho vi·an (ch-k v -n) adj. |
Chekhovian, Chekovian [tʃɛˈkəʊvɪən]
adj
(Literary & Literary Critical Terms) of or relating to Anton Pavlovich Chekhov, the Russian dramatist and short-story writer (1860-1904)
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