Wellerianadj.

Brit.

/wɛˈlɪərɪən/, U.S.

/wɛˈlɪriən/,

/wɛˈlɛriən/

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

Etymology: < the name of Sam Weller and his father (see Wellerism n.) + -ian suffix.

Typical or reminiscent of the Dickens character Sam Weller, his father, or their distinctive style of speech. See Wellerism n.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > literature > literary world > [adjective] > relating to or characteristic of specific writer > of specific character or work

Pantagruelian1694

Shandean1762

Shandaic1766

Pickwickian1836

Pantagruelistical1838

Wellerian1838

Pantagruelistic1845

Pantagruelic1850

Welleresque1868

Pantagrueline1882

1838 C. Dickens Let. 25 Jan. (1965) I. 359 Your agreement is—in Wellerian phraseology—gammon.

1886 Pall Mall Gaz. 20 Feb. 5/2 Sam Weller's story of the muffins is not Wellerian at all.

1905 Punch 9 Aug. 108/2 True: but how does that Wellerian sentence finish?

1995 J. H. Miller Topographies iv. 126 Poetry, according to Wellerian poetics, is against nature. Nobody who is not a fraud talks poetry.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	wellerian
释义	Wellerianadj. Brit. /wɛˈlɪərɪən/, U.S. /wɛˈlɪriən/, /wɛˈlɛriən/ Origin: From a proper name, combined with an English element. Etymons: proper name Weller , -ian suffix. Etymology: < the name of Sam Weller and his father (see Wellerism n.) + -ian suffix. Typical or reminiscent of the Dickens character Sam Weller, his father, or their distinctive style of speech. See Wellerism n. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > literary world > [adjective] > relating to or characteristic of specific writer > of specific character or work Pantagruelian1694 Shandean1762 Shandaic1766 Pickwickian1836 Pantagruelistical1838 Wellerian1838 Pantagruelistic1845 Pantagruelic1850 Welleresque1868 Pantagrueline1882 1838 C. Dickens Let. 25 Jan. (1965) I. 359 Your agreement is—in Wellerian phraseology—gammon. 1886 Pall Mall Gaz. 20 Feb. 5/2 Sam Weller's story of the muffins is not Wellerian at all. 1905 Punch 9 Aug. 108/2 True: but how does that Wellerian sentence finish? 1995 J. H. Miller Topographies iv. 126 Poetry, according to Wellerian poetics, is against nature. Nobody who is not a fraud talks poetry. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.1838
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