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Grandisonian, a.|grændɪˈsəʊnɪən|
[f. Grandison (see below) + -ian.]
Of deportment, manner, etc.: Of or resembling that of Sir Charles Grandison, the hero of S. Richardson's novel of that name.
The character was intended by the author to represent his ideal of a perfect gentleman. The stately and formal courtesy, and the chivalric magnanimity, ascribed by Richardson to his hero, are the features of the character most prominent in allusive references.
1829Westm. Rev. X. 179 To say the truth, our exquisite sports nothing at all Grandisonian either in morals or manners. 1859Carlyle Let. 13 Apr. in Sir C. G. Duffy Convers. w. Carlyle (1892) 203 A man of scrupulous veracity, correctness and integrity, a kind of Grandisonian style of magnanimity, both in substance and manner, visible in all his conduct. 1881Stevenson Virg. Puerisque 58 They treat them to Grandisonian airs. 1882Tuckerman Hist. Eng. Fiction (1884) 197 The Grandisonian manners are not to be taken as a picture of contemporary fashion.
So also the nonce-wds. Grandiˈsonianism, Grandisonian manner or style; ˈGrandisonize v. trans., to escort in a Grandisonian fashion.
1824Blackw. Mag. XV. 224 Will your ladyship permit me to have the honour of Grandisonizing you into the next apartment? 1882A. W. Ward Dickens 116 He becomes a really fine picture, unmarred by any Grandisonianisms in either thought or phrase, of a true gentleman. |