mae·ter·linck·ian \|mā]d.ə(r)|liŋkēən, |me], ]tə- sometimes |mä] or |ma] or |mȧ]\adjective Usage: usually capitalized Etymology: Maurice Maeterlinck died 1949 Belgian poet, dramatist, and essayist + English -ian : of, characteristic of, or resembling Maeterlinck or his writings < writing a symbolic Maeterlinckian drama — Agnes Repplier >