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Montaignesque, a.|mɔ̃teɪˈnɛsk|
[See -esque.]
Characteristic of or relating to the French philosopher and essayist, Michel de Montaigne (1533–92), or his writings. Also Monˈtaignian |-ɪən|, Monˈtaignish |-ɪʃ| adjs. So Monˈtaignism, the theories or ideas of Montaigne.
1831Disraeli Yng. Duke III. v. vi. 175 In the Lords, I admire the Duke... There is a gruff, husky sort of a downright Montaignish naïveté about him. 1917J. Strahan Andrew Bruce Davidson iv. 65 One cannot but be struck by the curiously Montaignesque style. 1959Jrnl. Philos. LVI. 544 Hume..has also affinities to the Montaignian sceptical tradition. 1964Philos. XXXIX. 205 He..found it necessary to refute Montaignism. 1965Amer. Philos. Q. II. 19/1 The same scepticism, with the same Montaignian arguments. |