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Jonsonian, a.|dʒɒnˈsəʊnɪən|
[f. the name of Ben Jonson (? 1573–1637), English dramatist + -ian.]
Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of Jonson or his works. So Jonˈsonianly adv., in the manner of Jonson or his works.
1886J. A. Symonds Ben Jonson 153 The most truly Jonsonian of all these places..was the Old Devil Tavern at Temple Bar. 1909G. G. Greenwood In re Shakespeare ii. 76, I here leave the Jonsonian riddle. 1928C. J. Sisson Eliz. Dramatists iv. 43 The Jonsonian comedy of humour. 1931Times Lit. Suppl. 21 May 405/1 But the ‘laws of dramatic art’ have already ceased to look Aristotelian or Jonsonian. 1947Partisan Rev. Mar.–Apr. 176 They are monsters in the Jonsonian manner; a human trait has been carried in them to the point of inhumanity. 1948F. R. Leavis Great Tradition v. 235 Bounderby..remains Jonsonianly consistent in his last testament and death. 1959Times 26 Nov. 6/5 Mr. Raymond Raikes's production took pleasure in the Jonsonian tumult. 1973M. R. Booth Eng. Plays of 19th Cent. IV. 2 The father..may be a traditional Jonsonian ‘humours’ character with a dominant eccentricity. |