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Goethian, a. and n.|ˈgœtɪən|
Also Goethean.
[f. the name of the German poet Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749–1832) + -ian.]
A. adj. Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of Goethe, his writings, opinions, etc.
1840Mill Diss. & Disc. (1875) I. 428 Such views are..the characteristic feature of the Goethian period. 1856Mem. F. Perthes I. ix. 133, I find in these letters the Goethean paganism. 1884J. R. Seeley in Contemp. Rev. Oct. 496 What may be the value of this fundamental Goethian maxim I do not inquire.
B. n. An admirer or follower of Goethe.
1850Marg. Fuller Life without & L. within (1860) 51, I am inclined..to look upon myself for thinking them, with as much contempt as Mr. Carlyle or Mrs. Austin..might do, to say nothing of the German Goetheans.
Hence ˈGoethianism, the opinions or views of Goethe or his followers.
1880V. Lee Belcaro ix. 233 You believe in Art for Art's own sake—Goethianism—that sort of thing, I know. |