Puginadj.
/ˈpjuːdʒɪn/, U.S. /ˈpjudʒᵻn/ attributive. = Puginesque adj.
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Pugin1842
Puginesque1848
neo-Gothic1878
Victorian Gothic1910
steamboat Gothic1962
1842 A. W. Pugin Let. 26 Mar. (2001) I. 336 They could not burn much of the Pugin tower for I believe there is nothing that would burn in it except some pick handles.
1932 M. C. D'Arcy in H. Massingham & H. J. Massingham Great Victorians 314 He preferred Trinity Chapel at Oxford to the Pugin gothic and the Venetian designs of Ruskin.
1942 Zanesville (Ohio) Signal 22 Nov. 8/2 The massive stone church..has been described by qualified experts as one of the finest examples of Pugin Gothic architecture to be found anywhere in the United States.
1959 Listener 12 Feb. 300/3 The icy basins, draughty Pugin halls, and dying servitors of the great Victorian country house.
2005 Evening Standard (Nexis) 8 Mar. 12 The erstwhile champion of Pugin wallpaper..has since been forced to trade in his chauffeur-driven car for the 159 bus route.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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adj.1842