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▪ I. Websterian, a.1|wɛbˈstɪərɪən|
[f. the name of Noah Webster (see prec.) + -ian.]
Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of Webster's Dictionary (see prec.) or any of its later versions or abridgements.
1874B. F. Taylor World on Wheels 28 Websterian ‘probabilities’ says that is not the derivation of ‘scale’ at all. 1897Bookman Nov. 201 We are quite sure that if the English were to adopt the Websterian spelling, Professor Matthews would very, very soon experience a conservative reaction. 1935A. C. Baugh Hist. Eng. Lang. xi. 442 James Fenimore Cooper..was pronouncing..beard as berd or baird (another Websterian pronunciation). 1962New Yorker 10 Mar. 156/2 Nearly all the books that come off the press..are edited and printed in accordance with Websterian usage. 1979Amer. Speech LIV. 13 Thus was the battle joined between the traditional grammarians and those who might well be called the Websterian grammarians.
▪ II. Webˈsterian, a.2
[f. the name of the English dramatist John Webster (1580–1625) + -ian.]
Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of Webster or his plays.
1928Observer 12 Feb. 4 With the great Websterian passages there is mingled a great deal of melodramatic fustian. 1940M. Lowry Let. 27 July (1967) 32 It is ‘original’ if you fear for past Websterian, not to say Miltonian, minor lacks of ethics on my part. 1950Scrutiny XVII. 152 The other (The Insatiate Countess) a rather Websterian account of a promiscuous noblewoman's destruction. 1971Guardian 19 Jan. 8/5 The true Websterian frisson is achieved on an empty stage. |