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Sitwellian, a. and n.|sɪtˈwɛlɪən|
[f. the name Sitwell (see below) + -ian.]
A. adj. Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of the writers Edith Sitwell (1887–1964), and her brothers Osbert (1892–1969) and Sacheverell (1897–1988).
B. n. An admirer of the Sitwells.
1923A. Bennett in Adelphi Aug. 237 This book.. is a characteristically Sitwellian beauty. 1927Observer 5 June 4 The Sitwells are known to everyone who has even a casual acquaintance with modern literature, though many who talk of them seem to have read about their doings rather than studied them in their own works. This is a necessary consequence of the Sitwellian methods of publicity. 1937Times Lit. Suppl. 1 May 322/1 Mr. Courtenay's extremely modern simile with its oozy vowels—Sitwellian, surely. 1952Scrutiny Oct. 6 Rajan's examination of Milton's verse keeps turning into Sitwellian clap-trap. 1960V. Sackville-West Let. 23 Mar. in H. Nicolson Diaries (1968) 382 Edith has built up her personality in many fortuitous ways—her strange appearance,..and all the Sitwellian legend. 1978J. Pearson Façades xi. 196 The society was conducted with true Sitwellian panache. Ibid. 212 Thomas Balston at Duckworth's—himself an enthusiastic Sitwellian—had taken over from Grant Richards as the trio's publisher.
So ˈSitwellism, the style or behaviour of the Sitwells.
1927R. L. Mégroz Three Sitwells vi. 105 The phenomenon of Sitwellism. 1932F. R. Leavis New Bearings in Eng. Poetry ii. 73 The opposition to the Georgians was already..(just after the war) Sitwellism. 1981V. Glendinning E. Sitwell v. 80 The Sitwells defence was attack... Sitwellism at its silliest and most inflated. |