Hazlittianadj.n.
/hazˈlɪtɪən/, /heɪzˈlɪtɪən/, U.S. /hæzˈlɪdiən/ A. adj.
Of, relating to, or characteristic of the English critic and essayist William Hazlitt (1778–1830) or his work.Although he is widely considered one of the greatest English essayists and critics, Hazlitt's work is also sometimes criticized for its long and loosely structured sentences and density of literary allusion.
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society > leisure > the arts > literature > literary world > [adjective] > relating to or characteristic of specific writer
Lucianical1561
Xenophontean1593
Sidneian1599
Anastasian1621
Theophrastical1662
Menippean1693
Varronian1693
Herodotean1748
Shaftesburian1752
Cervantic1760
Alfredian1762
Swiftian1762
Richardsonian1763
Pepysian1765
Rabelaica1768
Rabelaisian1769
Johnsonian1775
Radcliffian1801
Southeyan1817
Lucianic1820
Xenophontic1822
Thucydidean1826
Walter Scottish1827
Voltairean1833
Juvenalian1839
Dickens-like1841
Dickensian1842
Voltairish1842
Hazlittian1844
Theocritean1846
Dickensish1849
Ruskinian1850
Ruskinesque1854
Dickensy1855
Dickenesque1856
Macaulayesque1856
Ruskinite1856
Thackerayan1857
Ruskinese1863
Macaulayish1865
Walpolian1867
Dickensesque1868
Voltairianized1872
Baconian1874
Balzacian1874
Morrisian1879
Isidorian1882
Poe-like1882
Peacockian1886
Poe-esque1886
Zolaesque1886
Macaulayan1887
Bunyanesque1888
Fieldingesque1888
Junian1888
Meredithian1888
Tacitean1890
Hugoesque1893
Hardyesque1894
Kiplingesque1894
Shawian1894
Maeterlinckian1895
Dickinsonian1896
Stevensonian1897
Austenish1898
Austenian1901
Leverish1903
Pateresque1903
Trollopian1903
Malorian1904
Shavian1904
Brontesque1905
Chestertonian1905
Jamesian1905
Leveresque1905
Jacobean1906
Carrollese1907
Hardyan1907
Stendhalian1907
Turgenevian1908
Ouidaesque1909
Galsworthian1912
Poeish1915
Paterian1918
Sitwellian1920
Conradian1921
Mallarméan1924
Theophrastian1924
Wildean1924
Pirandellian1925
Proustian1925
Flaubertian1926
Wodehousian1926
Joycean1927
Stracheyan1927
Theophrastic1928
Yeatsian1928
Lawrentian1930
Firbankian1931
Melvillean1931
Leavisite1934
Runyonesque1934
Kafka1936
Woolfian1936
Twainian1938
Rilkean1939
Audenesque1940
Hemingwayesque1942
Brontëan1945
Kafkaesque1947
Leavisian1947
Morrisan1949
Orwellian1950
Faulknerian1951
Hemingwayan1951
Greeneian1952
Arnoldian1953
Thurberesque1954
Tolkienian1954
Beckettian1958
Hemingwayish1959
Nabokovian1959
Pinteresque1960
Pinterish1960
Vernean1960
Waughian1960
Bradleian1961
Gravesian1961
Kafkian1962
Jules Vernean1964
Snovian1966
Pinterian1967
Lucianesque1969
Tolkienesque1970
Thoreauvian1975
Stubbsian1979
1844 Atlas 16 Mar. (Suppl.) 181/1 Mr. Horne has presented us with a most fascinating work—a more readable book than its Hazlittean predecessor.
1875 L. Stephen in Cornhill Mag. Apr. 476 Mrs. Hazlitt..and several other ladies thought Hazlitt surly and cared nothing for his treatise on human nature. Therefore (it is true Hazlittian logic) no woman cares for sentiment.
1923 Nation (N.Y.) 17 Jan. 75 [The essay] on Antony and Cleopatra is Hazlittian in its enthusiasm and its opulence of phrase.
1931 Times Lit. Suppl. 10 Sept. 669/4 His Hazlittian freedom in misquotation.
1962 John o' London's 19 July 59/3 I like a certain Hazlittean waywardness to my journeyings.
2001 Australian (Nexis) 11 Apr. b26 Pluralism, political engagement, freedom from party spirit: we could do worse than imitate these Hazlittian critical virtues.
B. n.
An admirer or student of Hazlitt or his work.
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society > leisure > the arts > literature > literary world > [noun] > imitation or admiration of specific writer > follower or student of specific writer
Tacitist1656
Johnsonian1778
Richardsonian1778
Miltonist1830
Voltairean1842
Dickensite1849
Shakespearolater1875
Cervantist1881
Rabelaisian1882
Dickensian1885
Peacockian1886
Zolaist1886
Meredithian1892
Hardyan1896
Janeite1896
Stevensonian1897
Kiplingite1898
Hazlittian1902
Austenite1903
Balzacian1905
Shavian1905
Boswellian1908
Jacobite1909
Thackerayan1909
Trollopian1910
Wellsian1916
Proustian1919
Sitwellian1920
Pirandellist1925
Thoreauvian1927
Walpolian1927
Austenian1928
Stendhalian1928
Poeist1929
Morrisite1936
Joycean1938
Wodehousian1939
Lucianist1940
Woolfian1944
Leavisite1946
Jamesian1954
Yeatsian1954
Leavisian1955
Lawrentian1957
Lawrentian1959
Beckettian1965
Orwellian1971
1902 Times Lit. Suppl. 28 Feb. 49/1 The ‘Life of Napoleon’ has been omitted from the collection. This is an omission which every true Hazlittian is bound to deplore.
1930 Times Lit. Suppl. 18 Dec. 1082/4 We know that we are in the hands of a true Hazlittian.
1975 Wordsworth Circle 6 66 John Kinniard, Associate Professor of English at the University of Maryland, is well known to Hazlittians for his perceptive articles.
2011 A. Krystal Except when I write iii. 40 The new Hazlitteans..tend to see their man as he wants to be seen.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, January 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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