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Janeite|ˈdʒeɪnaɪt|
Also Jane-ite, Janite.
[f. the Christian name of Jane Austen (1775–1817), novelist + -ite1.]
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1896G. Saintsbury Hist. 19th Cent. Lit. 129 It did not apparently occur to this critic that he (or she) was in the first place paying Miss Austen an extraordinarily high compliment—a compliment almost greater than the most enthusiastic ‘Janites’ have ventured. 1924Kipling Debits & Credits (1926) 147 (title) The Janeites. 1927Observer 5 June 6/3 Clearly he is not a Janeite. 1928Daily Tel. 7 Aug. 3/3 The best page of her book by far is her spirited defence of Jane Austen, which will endear her to the ‘Jane-ites’ for all time. 1947W. J. Blyton in Eng. Lang. & Lit. vii. 111/1 Men as masculine as Scott and Kipling have been Jane-ites and have been enthralled by her sly humour and fidelity to reality. 1972N. Freeling Long Silence ii. 149 Arlette was not a Janeite, and..it was accidentally that she let slip..that Piet used to call her ‘Bates’. |