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Thackerayan, a. and n.|ˈθækəreɪən, θækəˈreɪən|
[f. proper name Thackeray + -an.]
a. adj. Of or pertaining to, or characteristic of, William Makepeace Thackeray (1811–63) or his works.
b. n. An admirer of Thackeray or his works. So ˌThackerayˈesque a., Thackeˈrayian a., ˈThackerayite. (All more or less nonce-wds.)
1857J. Blackwood Let. 8 June in Geo. Eliot Lett. (1954) II. 344 The harsher Thackerayan view of human nature. 1861W. F. Collier Hist. Eng. Lit. 491 Those queer, delightful, rambling, thoroughly Thackerayesque Round⁓about Papers. 1885Athenæum 17 Oct. 497/1 All interesting enough..to the professional Thackerayite. 1887Illustr. Lond. News 22 Jan. 88/2 This is..almost Thackerayian, indeed. 1888Scott. Leader 3 May 7 A certain cynical humour which is almost ‘Thackerayan’ in quality. 1909G. K. Chesterton Thackeray p. xxiii, Any Thackerayan must recognize my meaning. 1917J. B. Cabell Cream of Jest vi. iv. 264, I am thus digressing, in obsolete Thackerayan fashion, to twaddle about love matches alone. 1958G. N. Ray Thackeray II. vi. 175 Devoted Thackerayans persist in putting it at the top of their favourite's work. 1978Encounter Feb. 71/1 They have trouble with the inevitable Thackerayan mother-in-law.
Also Thackerayˈana [ana suffix], items associated with Thackeray.
1905Spectator 18 Feb. 256/2 The voracious collector of Thackerayana cannot have too much of a good thing. 1979Times 27 Dec. 8/1 The cupboard was packed with Thackerayana, early and special editions of his works, bound volumes of the journals he wrote for and a pile of his pictures. |