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Woolfian, a. and n.|ˈwʊlfɪən|
[f. the name Woolf + -ian.]
A. adj. Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of Virginia Woolf (1882–1941), English writer, or her work.
B. n. An admirer or devotee of Virginia Woolf. rare.
1936Scrutiny V. 183 The more discerning might have noticed that it [sc. A Note in Music] was drawn not from life but from Jacob's Room and Mrs. Dalloway, a solemn exercise in Woolfian style and structure. 1944E. H. W. Meyerstein Let. 24 Nov. (1959) 296, I read the proofs of Mrs. Dalloway years ago which a Woolfian gave a friend of mine. 1977W. Hildick Loop viii. 40, I don't think I'd ever used the word ‘lark’ like that..before. It was..something I'd picked up in my Woolfian researches. |