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Browningesque, a.|braʊnɪŋˈɛsk| [f. the surname Browning + -esque.] Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of Robert Browning or his style.
1880G. M. Hopkins Let. 23 Mar. (1935) 101 Your brother appears to admire Browning..the Elder Brother is quite Browningesque. 1901Daily Chron. 29 June 3/1 Monologues..which trace their lineage to Lippo Lippi and the rest of that most Browningesque series. 1953H. Read True Voice of Feeling i. vii. 128 A good deal of Browningesque swagger. So Browningese |braʊnɪŋˈiːz|, a. = prec.; n. the language or style of Browning; ˈBrowningite, an admirer of Browning; also adj. = Browningesque a.
1880G. M. Hopkins Let. 26 Oct. (1935) 111 That piece is worse, indeed it is Browningese. c1882R. Browning Lett. (1933) 212, I am quite other than a Browningite. 1889Spectator 14 Dec., [He] translated them all into Browingese forms. Ibid., You never lose the Browningite manner of deliverance. 1910H. Walker Lit. Vict. Era 320 Thorold, Luria, Djabal, Valence, all speak Browningese. |