Byronismn.
/ˈbʌɪərənɪz(ə)m/ 1. The characteristics of Byron or his poetry.
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society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > poetic diction > [noun] > language or expression of specific poet
Miltonism1802
Byronism1817
Shelleyism1822
Shakespearism1823
Tennysonianism1843
Virgilianism1850
Swinburnism1868
Swinburnianism1869
Browningese1880
Shakespeareanism1886
Whitmanism1889
Horatian1891
Whitmanese1893
Tennysonianness1915
Praedism1927
Horatianism1936
Miltonicism1936
1817 W. S. Walker Poet. Rem. (1852) Introd. 38 Lord Byron's drama of Manfred is..the perfection of Byronism.
2. Imitation of Byron.
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society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > poet > admiration or imitation of specific poet > [noun]
Pindarism1713
Wordsworthianism1829
Byronism1857
Shakespearolatry1864
Goethianism1880
Petrarchism1881
Shakespeareanism1886
Whitmania1887
Omarianism1897
Omarism1898
bardolatry1901
Petrarchanism1927
Miltonizing1936
1857 Fraser's Mag. 56 66 When Byronism was at its height, when..you could not be interesting unless you were miserable and vicious.
1871 A. C. Swinburne in Fortn. Rev. July 60 One of his [sc. de Musset's] decoctions of watered Byronism.
Derivatives
Byˈroniad n. /baɪˈrəʊnɪəd/ [see -ad suffix1 3] ? the epic of a Byronian hero.
/baɪˈrəʊnɪəd/ [see -ad suffix1 3] ? the epic of a Byronian hero.ΘΚΠ
society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > poem or piece of poetry > narrative poem > [noun] > epic poem > other types of epic poem
Argonautic1583
Heracleid1725
Christiad1750
Diaboliad1777
Byroniad1819
chanson de geste1833
roman de geste1836
bylina1886
1819 Galignani's Repertory Aug. 130 The prose Byroniads which infect the times.
Byˈronian adj. of or pertaining to Byron, resembling Byron.
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society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > poet > poet by kind of poem > [adjective] > specific poets > specific English, Scottish, or American poets
Chaucerian1660
Miltonian1708
Miltonic1708
Popean1730
Shakespeareana1754
Darwinian1794
Spenseric1795
Wordsworthian1810
Southeyan1817
Spenserian1817
Byronian1822
Byronic1823
Byronish1830
Coleridgian1834
Chattertonian1838
Keatsian1845
Tennysonian1846
Shelleyana1849
Patmorean1855
Rossettian1861
Praedesque1865
Swinburnian1865
Byro nical1871
Browningese1880
Browningesque1880
Patmorial1880
Wordsworthy1880
Browningitec1882
Whitmanesque1882
Thomsonian1890
Burnsian1904
Praedian1905
Blakeian1906
Poundian1917
Thompsonian?1921
Whitmanisha1930
Whitmanian1948
Betjemanic1956
Betjeman1958
Betjemanesque1959
Betjemanish1959
Whitmannica1960
1822 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 12 753 Old-established freeholders on the Byronian Parnassus.
Byˈronian n. an admirer or imitator of Byron.
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society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > poet > admiration or imitation of specific poet > [noun] > admirer or imitator of specific poet
Homerist1599
Homeriana1604
Ronsardian1697
Popean1730
Miltonian1748
Pindarist1781
Wordsworthian1812
Petrarchist1823
Byronist1830
papista1849
Goethian1850
Tennysonian1850
Shakespearolater1875
Ronsardist1877
Shelleyite1881
Browningitec1882
Byronian1883
Byronite1884
Shelleyan1886
Whitmanite1887
Keatsian1891
Spenserian1894
Omarian1897
Racinian1898
bardolater1903
Petrarchan1904
Burnsite1909
Thompsonian1913
Omarite1918
Burnsian1920
Shelleyist1934
Whitmanist1934
Dickinsonian1936
Poundian1950
Chattertonian1956
Whitmaniac1959
Whitmanian1977
1883 Athenæum 17 Mar. 340/1 Alfred de Musset and the French Byronians.
Byˈro nical adj. = Byronian adj.
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society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > poet > poet by kind of poem > [adjective] > specific poets > specific English, Scottish, or American poets
Chaucerian1660
Miltonian1708
Miltonic1708
Popean1730
Shakespeareana1754
Darwinian1794
Spenseric1795
Wordsworthian1810
Southeyan1817
Spenserian1817
Byronian1822
Byronic1823
Byronish1830
Coleridgian1834
Chattertonian1838
Keatsian1845
Tennysonian1846
Shelleyana1849
Patmorean1855
Rossettian1861
Praedesque1865
Swinburnian1865
Byro nical1871
Browningese1880
Browningesque1880
Patmorial1880
Wordsworthy1880
Browningitec1882
Whitmanesque1882
Thomsonian1890
Burnsian1904
Praedian1905
Blakeian1906
Poundian1917
Thompsonian?1921
Whitmanisha1930
Whitmanian1948
Betjemanic1956
Betjeman1958
Betjemanesque1959
Betjemanish1959
Whitmannica1960
1871 J. Morley Crit. Misc. (1878) 225 Silly Byronical votaries, who only half understood their idol.
ˈByronish adj.
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society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > poet > poet by kind of poem > [adjective] > specific poets > specific English, Scottish, or American poets
Chaucerian1660
Miltonian1708
Miltonic1708
Popean1730
Shakespeareana1754
Darwinian1794
Spenseric1795
Wordsworthian1810
Southeyan1817
Spenserian1817
Byronian1822
Byronic1823
Byronish1830
Coleridgian1834
Chattertonian1838
Keatsian1845
Tennysonian1846
Shelleyana1849
Patmorean1855
Rossettian1861
Praedesque1865
Swinburnian1865
Byro nical1871
Browningese1880
Browningesque1880
Patmorial1880
Wordsworthy1880
Browningitec1882
Whitmanesque1882
Thomsonian1890
Burnsian1904
Praedian1905
Blakeian1906
Poundian1917
Thompsonian?1921
Whitmanisha1930
Whitmanian1948
Betjemanic1956
Betjeman1958
Betjemanesque1959
Betjemanish1959
Whitmannica1960
1830 Wilson in Blackwood's Mag. 27 674 An exceedingly neat small Byronish hand.
Byˈronically adv.
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1839 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 45 356 Wearing his shirt collar Byronically tied in front with a slip of black ribbon.
ˈByronist n. [see -ist suffix, -ite suffix1] a follower or imitator of Byron.
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society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > poet > admiration or imitation of specific poet > [noun] > admirer or imitator of specific poet
Homerist1599
Homeriana1604
Ronsardian1697
Popean1730
Miltonian1748
Pindarist1781
Wordsworthian1812
Petrarchist1823
Byronist1830
papista1849
Goethian1850
Tennysonian1850
Shakespearolater1875
Ronsardist1877
Shelleyite1881
Browningitec1882
Byronian1883
Byronite1884
Shelleyan1886
Whitmanite1887
Keatsian1891
Spenserian1894
Omarian1897
Racinian1898
bardolater1903
Petrarchan1904
Burnsite1909
Thompsonian1913
Omarite1918
Burnsian1920
Shelleyist1934
Whitmanist1934
Dickinsonian1936
Poundian1950
Chattertonian1956
Whitmaniac1959
Whitmanian1977
1830 Campbell in Fraser's Mag. I. 485 If the Byronists were to face the savage ordeal.
ˈByronite n.
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society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > poet > admiration or imitation of specific poet > [noun] > admirer or imitator of specific poet
Homerist1599
Homeriana1604
Ronsardian1697
Popean1730
Miltonian1748
Pindarist1781
Wordsworthian1812
Petrarchist1823
Byronist1830
papista1849
Goethian1850
Tennysonian1850
Shakespearolater1875
Ronsardist1877
Shelleyite1881
Browningitec1882
Byronian1883
Byronite1884
Shelleyan1886
Whitmanite1887
Keatsian1891
Spenserian1894
Omarian1897
Racinian1898
bardolater1903
Petrarchan1904
Burnsite1909
Thompsonian1913
Omarite1918
Burnsian1920
Shelleyist1934
Whitmanist1934
Dickinsonian1936
Poundian1950
Chattertonian1956
Whitmaniac1959
Whitmanian1977
1884 Swinburne in 19th Cent. Apr. 587 The smallest perceptible Byronite or Wordsworthian.
ˈByronize v. [see -ize suffix] (a) transitive to invest with the characteristics of Byron; (b) intransitive to affect or play the Byron.
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society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > poet > admiration or imitation of specific poet > imitate specific poet [verb (intransitive)]
Petrarchize1593
Pindarize1662
Homerize1765
Skeltonize1822
Byronize1823
Shakespearize1837
Whitmanize1902
Miltonize1903
society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > poet > admiration or imitation of specific poet > invest with character of or imitate specific poet [verb (transitive)]
Byronize1823
Shakespearize1837
Homerize1874
Miltonize1893
Tennysonize1910
1823 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 13 267 Byronized Cockneys.
1836 Edinb. Rev. 62 299 His gentleness and devoutness would have Byronized but ill.
1847 Blackwood's Mag. 61 430 Let others..fling their curls back from their brows, unbutton their shirt-collars, and, thus Byronised, begin.
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