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Thoreauvian, n. and a.|θəˈrəʊvɪən|
[f. Thoreauv-ius, Latinized form of Thoreau (see below) + -ian.]
A. n. One who admires the writings or shares the philosophy of Henry David Thoreau (1817–62), U.S. naturalist and writer.
B. adj. Resembling or characteristic of Thoreau's writing or philosophy.
1927Observer 14 Aug. 8 There was a fair sprinkling of conscious or sub-conscious Thoreauvians among bygone seamen. 1964Sat. Rev. (U.S.) 10 Oct. 70/2 Thoreauvians favor solitude. 1971D. Conover One Man's Island 142, I am a Thoreauvian by thought and by deed. 1975Yankee Oct. 113/2 In case any reader wishes to test his own ability to distinguish the true Thoreauvian style from the ‘ghost-written’. 1977Time 21 Feb. 59/1 It is a relaxed Thoreauvian journal of a year spent dismantling and rebuilding a 1950 Dodge pickup. |