William Morrisadj.
/ˌwɪljəm ˈmɒrɪs/, /ˌwɪlɪəm ˈmɒrɪs/, U.S. /ˌwɪljəm ˈmɔrəs/, /ˌwɪliəm ˈmɔrəs/, /ˌwɪljəm ˈmɑrəs/, /ˌwɪliəm ˈmɑrəs/ Of wallpaper, fabrics, articles of furniture, etc.: designed or made by William Morris; resembling or in imitation of William Morris's designs. Cf. Morris n.4 1.William Morris fabrics and wallpapers are often characterized by intricate patterns of birds, flowers, and leaves.
ΘΚΠ
society > leisure > the arts > the arts in general > [adjective] > specific movement or period
classical1546
pastoral1566
classic1597
Medicean1652
romantic1812
tedesco1814
realistic1829
realista1832
pseudo-classic1833
classicist1838
pseudo-classical1838
renaissant1839
modernist1848
post-classic1850
post-classical1851
pseudo-Gothic1853
classicizing1865
classicistic1866
serio-grotesque1873
geometric1877
neoclassical1877
modernistic1878
neoclassic1878
pseudo-archaic1878
William Morris1883
protocorinthian1884
veristic1884
William and Mary1886
Yuan1888
romanticistic1889
veritistic1894
auto-destructive1895
pre-Romantic1895
Trajanic1906
neo-realistic1909
New Romantic1909
neo-realist1912
futuristic1915
postmodern1916
Dada1918
Dadaist1918
surrealist1918
proto-Romantic1920
expressionistic1921
modernista1924
super-realist1925
superrealistic1925
postmodernist1926
proto-Baroque1926
post-symbolist1927
pre-modernist1927
surrealistic1930
Renaissancist1932
Colonial Revival1934
neo-baroque1935
socialist-realist1935
social realist1949
social realistic1949
kitchen sink1954
William IV1955
formalistic1957
Zhdanovite1957
neo-Dadaist1960
neo-modernist1960
William Morrisy1960
neo-Dada1962
Zhdanovist1966
conceptual1969
conceptualist1973
po-mo1987
pathetic1990
1883 Earlville (Illinois) Gaz. 10 Feb. The dreams of fancy and of hope had gone even so far as to reach an aesthetic cottage, wherein, surrounded with perfect William Morris papers.., Jane should sit a beaming, beloved bride.
1962 I. Murdoch Unofficial Rose xiv. 128 The bright blue bird-woven William Morris tiles.
1969 S. Sitwell Gothic Europe xiii. 155 They are Brussels tapestries..too ‘flowered’ in the foreground and therefore too ‘William Morris’ in style.
1999 A. Bridgewater & G. Bridgewater Building Doors & Gates i. 30 One such door was painted cream, with the chamfers picked out in red. It looked stunning—very William Morris and heraldic.
2014 Archit. Digest Mar. 88/1 Grange gussied it up with rugged pine beds and curtains of a striped William Morris fabric.
Derivatives
ˈWilliam ˈMorrisy adj. resembling, or in the style of, William Morris.
ΘΚΠ
society > leisure > the arts > the arts in general > [adjective] > specific movement or period
classical1546
pastoral1566
classic1597
Medicean1652
romantic1812
tedesco1814
realistic1829
realista1832
pseudo-classic1833
classicist1838
pseudo-classical1838
renaissant1839
modernist1848
post-classic1850
post-classical1851
pseudo-Gothic1853
classicizing1865
classicistic1866
serio-grotesque1873
geometric1877
neoclassical1877
modernistic1878
neoclassic1878
pseudo-archaic1878
William Morris1883
protocorinthian1884
veristic1884
William and Mary1886
Yuan1888
romanticistic1889
veritistic1894
auto-destructive1895
pre-Romantic1895
Trajanic1906
neo-realistic1909
New Romantic1909
neo-realist1912
futuristic1915
postmodern1916
Dada1918
Dadaist1918
surrealist1918
proto-Romantic1920
expressionistic1921
modernista1924
super-realist1925
superrealistic1925
postmodernist1926
proto-Baroque1926
post-symbolist1927
pre-modernist1927
surrealistic1930
Renaissancist1932
Colonial Revival1934
neo-baroque1935
socialist-realist1935
social realist1949
social realistic1949
kitchen sink1954
William IV1955
formalistic1957
Zhdanovite1957
neo-Dadaist1960
neo-modernist1960
William Morrisy1960
neo-Dada1962
Zhdanovist1966
conceptual1969
conceptualist1973
po-mo1987
pathetic1990
1960 Times 29 July 13/5 A William Morrisy life of craftsmanship close to the soil.
1977 R. Barnard Blood Brotherhood x. 113 A William Morrisy stained-glass window.
2003 A. Niffenegger Time Traveler's Wife 170 The room is low ceilinged and comfortable in a William Morrisy sort of way.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2021; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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