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Meredithian, a. and n.|mɛrɪˈdɪθɪən|
Also -ean.
[f. the proper name Meredith + -ian.]
A. adj. Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of George Meredith (1828–1909), English novelist and poet, or his works.
B. n. An admirer of Meredith.
1889E. Dowson Let. 7 July (1967) 89 Excuse me for straining after the Meredithian but I have been reading ‘Diana’ until I am pink and my brain quavers. 1891Lit. World 29 May 510/3 Even the girl-actress catches the infection, and swathes her thought in Meredithean phrase. 1892Review of Reviews Jan. 95/2 Meredithians owe a debt of gratitude to the publishers. 1909Daily Chron. 22 Jan. 3/4 The bookseller, an enthusiastic Meredithian. 1910Westm. Gaz. 9 Apr. 13/2 Your crazy Meredithian will tell you that this is because it is the least worthy of the master's works. 1928Daily Tel. 5 June 12/7, I was never initiated into the inner Meredithian cult, though I have always been a great admirer of his poetry. 1935J. Agate More First Nights (1937) 123 One or two of my colleagues have dismissed this piece as ‘Meredithian’, as though that were a term of disparagement. 1936Chesterton As I was Saying xvi. 100 In a score of ways, the modern world has followed the Meredithean model for the world. 1968Listener 18 July 91/3 Inevitably, little of the Meredithian style remains. |