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Swiftian, a.|ˈswɪftɪən|
[f. the name of the satirist Jonathan Swift (1667–1745) + -ian.]
Pertaining to or characteristic of Swift or his works. Hence ˈSwiftianism, a piece of writing or an expression characteristic of Swift.
1762Bp. Forbes Jrnl. (1886) 181 Struan was greatly of the Swiftian Taste. 1826Scott Jrnl. 21 March, Joseph Hume, indeed!—I say Joseph Hum—and could add a Swiftian rhyme, but forbear. 1826― Diary 15 April, So hey for a Swiftianism. 1895Sir J. Skelton Table Talk of Shirley 122 This..sardonic Timon held aloof from his fellows, and regarded them with tacit or even Swiftian disapprobation. |