Robespierreanadj.

Brit.

/ˌrəʊbzpɪˈɛːrɪən/,

/ˌrəʊbˈspɪərɪən/, U.S.

/ˌroʊbˈspɪriən/,

/ˌroʊbzˈpjɛriən/

Forms: 1700s– Robespierrean, 1800s– Robespierrian.

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

Etymology: < the name of Maximilien François Marie Isidore de Robespierre (see Robespierrist n.) + -ean suffix. Compare French robespierrien, adjective (1800 or earlier).With the form Robespierrian compare -ian suffix.

Of, relating to, or reminiscent of Robespierre, esp. with regard to his role in the Reign of Terror (see reign of terror n. at terror n. Phrases).

ΚΠ

1797 Monthly Rev. Mar. 324 M. Despaze employs several pages in..rehearsing arguments, to defend his hero from the imputation of being a sharer in the atrocities of the Robespierrean gang.

1842 G. Barmby in Promethean Jan. 1/1 Intellectual thraldom, and physical despotism, have been nobly withstood by..a Voltairian resistance, and a Robespierrian revolution.

1891 E. B. Bax Outlooks from New Standpoint i. 26 For the first time the doctrines of the Robespierrean despotism were formulated from the tribune of the Convention.

1923 William & Mary Q. 3 51 The terrors of the Robespierrean reign could not awe him into silence.

1973 Amer. Jrnl. Legal Hist. 17 377 Cromwell [is] no longer viewed as a Robespierrean and Stalinesque figure who enjoyed monk hunting and priest baiting.

2006 Texas Monthly (Nexis) Jan. 124 In a Robespierrean twist, the Speaker, once the hero of the revolution that brought the Republicans to power, is looking more and more like the villain.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	robespierrean
释义	Robespierreanadj. Brit. /ˌrəʊbzpɪˈɛːrɪən/, /ˌrəʊbˈspɪərɪən/, U.S. /ˌroʊbˈspɪriən/, /ˌroʊbzˈpjɛriən/ Forms: 1700s– Robespierrean, 1800s– Robespierrian. Origin: From a proper name, combined with an English element. Etymons: proper name Robespierre , -ean suffix. Etymology: < the name of Maximilien François Marie Isidore de Robespierre (see Robespierrist n.) + -ean suffix. Compare French robespierrien, adjective (1800 or earlier).With the form Robespierrian compare -ian suffix. Of, relating to, or reminiscent of Robespierre, esp. with regard to his role in the Reign of Terror (see reign of terror n. at terror n. Phrases). ΚΠ 1797 Monthly Rev. Mar. 324 M. Despaze employs several pages in..rehearsing arguments, to defend his hero from the imputation of being a sharer in the atrocities of the Robespierrean gang. 1842 G. Barmby in Promethean Jan. 1/1 Intellectual thraldom, and physical despotism, have been nobly withstood by..a Voltairian resistance, and a Robespierrian revolution. 1891 E. B. Bax Outlooks from New Standpoint i. 26 For the first time the doctrines of the Robespierrean despotism were formulated from the tribune of the Convention. 1923 William & Mary Q. 3 51 The terrors of the Robespierrean reign could not awe him into silence. 1973 Amer. Jrnl. Legal Hist. 17 377 Cromwell [is] no longer viewed as a Robespierrean and Stalinesque figure who enjoyed monk hunting and priest baiting. 2006 Texas Monthly (Nexis) Jan. 124 In a Robespierrean twist, the Speaker, once the hero of the revolution that brought the Republicans to power, is looking more and more like the villain. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1797
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