Johnsonesen.adj.

Brit.

/dʒɒnsəˈniːz/, U.S.

/ˌdʒɑnsəˈniz/

Origin: From a proper name, combined with an English element. Etymons: proper name Johnson , -ese suffix.

Etymology: < the name of Samuel Johnson (1709–84), English writer and lexicographer + -ese suffix. With use as adjective compare earlier Johnsonian adj.

A. n.

The characteristic language or style of Samuel Johnson; an elaborate literary style of English characterized by the use of many Latinate words and grandiloquent phraseology.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > [noun] > style of an author, period, or work > style of specific author

Darwinianism1804

Johnsonianism1807

Johnsonism1807

Ossianesque1821

Johnsonese1831

Darwinism1840

Carlylese1858

Macaulayese1859

Ruskinese1863

Ruskinesque1873

Hegelese1886

Kiplingese1899

Borrovian1900

Runyonese1937

1831 T. B. Macaulay Boswell's Life Johnson in Edinb. Rev. Sept. 36 When he wrote for publication, he [sc. Johnson] did his sentences out of English into Johnsonese.

1865 Pall Mall Gaz. 5 Aug. 9/2 As the Rector of Marylebone lately expressed it in his extraordinary Johnsonese,..‘the juvenile branches of our population are greatly dependent on this nutritious diet’ [milk].

1943 Bull. Amer. Assoc. University Professors 29 46 The professor..has duties toward the laity that are far more important than the choice of Anglo-Saxon monosyllables in preference to sonorous Johnsonese.

2008 Weekly Standard 3 Nov. 35/1 A natural style insidiously ruined by Johnsonese.

B. adj.

Of language, speech, or writing: characteristic of Samuel Johnson; characterized by the use of many Latinate words and grandiloquent phraseology. Cf. Johnsonian adj.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > [adjective] > style of specific writer

Johnsonian1775

Ossianic1788

Johnsonese1851

Macaulayesque1856

Macaulayish1865

Voltairianized1872

Macaulayan1887

Ossianesque1889

Barriesque1894

Ouidaesque1909

1851 Weekly Raleigh Reg. & N. Carolina Gaz. 2 Apr. In pompous phrases which have ben happily described as spoken in the Johnsonese tongue.

1882 Athenæum 2 Dec. 729/1 A country clergyman who in 1784..protested vehemently against the Johnsonese language and the Johnsonian criticism of poetry.

1937 Jrnl. Eng. & Germanic Philol. 36 363 The dramatist George Colman in 1770 issued burlesque ‘Proposals’ with an introduction in Johnsonese diction.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2019; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	johnsonese
释义	Johnsonesen.adj. Brit. /dʒɒnsəˈniːz/, U.S. /ˌdʒɑnsəˈniz/ Origin: From a proper name, combined with an English element. Etymons: proper name Johnson , -ese suffix. Etymology: < the name of Samuel Johnson (1709–84), English writer and lexicographer + -ese suffix. With use as adjective compare earlier Johnsonian adj. A. n. The characteristic language or style of Samuel Johnson; an elaborate literary style of English characterized by the use of many Latinate words and grandiloquent phraseology. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > [noun] > style of an author, period, or work > style of specific author Darwinianism1804 Johnsonianism1807 Johnsonism1807 Ossianesque1821 Johnsonese1831 Darwinism1840 Carlylese1858 Macaulayese1859 Ruskinese1863 Ruskinesque1873 Hegelese1886 Kiplingese1899 Borrovian1900 Runyonese1937 1831 T. B. Macaulay Boswell's Life Johnson in Edinb. Rev. Sept. 36 When he wrote for publication, he [sc. Johnson] did his sentences out of English into Johnsonese. 1865 Pall Mall Gaz. 5 Aug. 9/2 As the Rector of Marylebone lately expressed it in his extraordinary Johnsonese,..‘the juvenile branches of our population are greatly dependent on this nutritious diet’ [milk]. 1943 Bull. Amer. Assoc. University Professors 29 46 The professor..has duties toward the laity that are far more important than the choice of Anglo-Saxon monosyllables in preference to sonorous Johnsonese. 2008 Weekly Standard 3 Nov. 35/1 A natural style insidiously ruined by Johnsonese. B. adj. Of language, speech, or writing: characteristic of Samuel Johnson; characterized by the use of many Latinate words and grandiloquent phraseology. Cf. Johnsonian adj. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > [adjective] > style of specific writer Johnsonian1775 Ossianic1788 Johnsonese1851 Macaulayesque1856 Macaulayish1865 Voltairianized1872 Macaulayan1887 Ossianesque1889 Barriesque1894 Ouidaesque1909 1851 Weekly Raleigh Reg. & N. Carolina Gaz. 2 Apr. In pompous phrases which have ben happily described as spoken in the Johnsonese tongue. 1882 Athenæum 2 Dec. 729/1 A country clergyman who in 1784..protested vehemently against the Johnsonese language and the Johnsonian criticism of poetry. 1937 Jrnl. Eng. & Germanic Philol. 36 363 The dramatist George Colman in 1770 issued burlesque ‘Proposals’ with an introduction in Johnsonese diction. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2019; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.adj.1831
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