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Wertherian, a.|vɜːˈtɪərɪən| Also Werterian, -ean. [f. G. Werther, the hero of Goethe's romance ‘Die Leiden des jungen Werther’ (1774) + -ian.] Morbidly sentimental.
1831Carlyle Sart. Res. ii. v, Their mad Petrarchan and Werterean ware. 1850Fraser's Mag. Sept. 249 Some who are accustomed to consider that poem [Locksley Hall] as Werterian and unhealthy. 1850Thackeray Pendennis xli, The Byronic despair, the Wertherian despondency. 1857Trollope Barchester T. xxxiv, An ancient love-lorn swain..full of imaginary sorrows and Wertherian grief. |