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Gibbonian, a.|gɪˈbəʊnɪən|
[f. the name Gibbon (see def.) + -ian.]
Relating to or resembling the style or opinions of the historian Edward Gibbon (1737–94).
1794Crit. Rev. XI. 60 That sneering infidelity, which after times, perhaps, will distinguish by the epithet of Gibbonian. 1892A. Birrell Res Judicatae 46 Is it not sometimes a relief to exchange the quips and cranks of some of our modern writers..for the stately roll of the Gibbonian sentence? 1939A. Toynbee Study Hist. IV. 149 Great Britain..could congratulate herself, in Gibbonian language, upon having survived..a fluctuation in the Balance of Power. 1970Daily Tel. 6 Aug. 6/2 [J. G.] Frazer's Gibbonian style [in The Golden Bough]..does not make for exactly easy reading. |