单词 | drydenian |
释义 | Drydenianadj. Characteristic, or in the style, of the English poet John Dryden (1631–1700). ΚΠ 1687 E. Settle Refl. Dryden's Plays Pref. 23 The greatest piece of Drydenian Nonsense that I have met with yet. 1896 G. Saintsbury Hist. 19th Cent. Lit. 8 The Drydenian triplet..on which Pope had frowned. Derivatives Drydenic adj. /draɪˈdɛnɪk/ = main sense. Drydenish adj. /ˈdraɪdənɪʃ/ = main sense. ΚΠ 1687 E. Settle Refl. Dryden's Plays Pref. 41 Something Drydenish, Illnatured and unjauntee. 1868 J. R. Lowell Dryden in Prose Wks. (1890) III. 141 (note) A very Drydenish verse. ˈDrydenism n. a phrase, etc. characteristic of Dryden. ΚΠ 1687 E. Settle Refl. Dryden's Plays Pref. 2 The boldest Drydenism that e're came in Print. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < adj.1687 |
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