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Wordsworthian, n. and a.|wɜːdzˈwɜːθɪən|
[f. the name of the English poet William Wordsworth (1770–1850) + -ian.]
a. n. An admirer or imitator of Wordsworth, or a student of his works.
b. adj. Of, belonging to, or characteristic of Wordsworth; (of a poem) composed by, or in the style of, Wordsworth.
1815Sporting Mag. XLVI. 12, I am enough of a Wordsworthian not to confine my tastes to the received elegancies of society. 1817W. Whewell Let. in M. Moorman William Wordsworth (1965) II. ix. 325 His [sc. Coleridge's] critique on the Daffodils might serve as a model for similar strictures on all Wordsworth's Wordsworthian poems. 1825Lockhart in Scott's Fam. Lett. (1894) II. 342 Miss Hume is an ecstatic Wordsworthian, and is to go to see him one of these days in the flesh. 1845A. de Vere Let. 28 Sept. in Recoll. (1897) x. 204 You are a greater admirer of the special Wordsworthian genius. 1856Ruskin Mod. Paint. III. iv. xvii. §29. 304 ‘J'aime mieux ma mie’, is..the first Wordsworthian poem brought forward on philosophical principles, to oppose the schools of art and affectation. 1874Blackie Self-Cult. 44 Given to indulge in Wordsworthian musings. 1878R. H. Hutton Scott xvi. (1888) 162 Even Scott, who was so little of a Wordsworthian,..must have recurred that day..to that favourite Wordsworthian poem. 1921Spectator 2 July 7/1 Imagine a poet whose mind was perfectly balanced between the desirability of gorgeous Swinburnesque ornament and Wordsworthian austerity.
Hence ˌWordsworthiˈana [-iana suffix], things connected with Wordsworth, writings about Wordsworth; Wordsˈworthianism; Wordsworthy a. colloq., typical or suggestive of Wordsworth.
1881Sat. Rev. 12 Feb. 215 There has been of late a recrudescence of Wordsworthianism. 1889W. Knight (title) Wordsworthiana: papers read to Wordsworth Society. 1938S. Beckett Murphy v. 106 They [sc. sheep] seemed in rather better form, less Wordsworthy. 1983London Rev. Bks. 7–20 July 18/4 Recent items of Wordsworthiana include The Visionary Company. |