| 释义 |
Johnsonese, n. (a.)|dʒɒnsəˈniːz|
[f. the surname Johnson + -ese.]
The language or style of Dr. Johnson, or an imitation of it: see next, A.
1843Macaulay Ess., Mad. D'Arblay (1887) 766 It is a sort of broken Johnsonese. 1865Pall Mall G. 5 Aug. 9/2 As the Rector of Marylebone lately expressed it in his extraordinary Johnsonese,..‘the juvenile branches of our population are greatly dependent on this nutritious diet’ [milk]. 1898L. Stephen Stud. Biogr. I. ii. 58 Who clothed the utterances of every orator..in sonorous Johnsonese.
B. adj. In the style of Dr. Johnson.
1882Athenæum 2 Dec. 729/1 A country clergyman who in 1784..protested vehemently against the Johnsonese language and the Johnsonian criticism of poetry. |