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Rossettian, a.|rəˈzɛtɪən|
[f. the name of D. G. Rossetti (see below) + -ian.]
Pertaining to or characteristic of Dante Gabriel Rossetti (1828–82), English poet and Pre-Raphaelite artist, or his work.
1881‘V. Lee’ Let. in P. Gunn Vernon Lee (1964) vii. 79 All the Rossettian poeticules. 1905G. B. Shaw Let. 11 Sept. (1972) II. 555 His [sc. W. Morris's] old Rossettian associates called him Topsy. 1908D. H. Lawrence Let. 9 Oct. (1962) I. 30 What's the M.R.? Mary Rose? It sounds Rossettian. 1914G. B. Shaw Pygmalion (1916) iii. 144 One of the beautiful Rossettian costumes which..led to the absurdities of popular estheticism. 1927E. Sitwell in Daily Mail 30 June 10/4 In provincial cities we may still find relics of Rossettian heads of fox-coloured hair. 1974K. Clark Another Part of Wood v. 179 An invitation to dine was in Rossettian language ‘Come and grub with me’, but dinner was more Beardsleyan.
So Rossettiˈana [ana suffix], relics of, or information about, D. G. Rossetti.
1928R. L. Megroz in Daily Express 28 Sept. 10/3 Sir Hall Caine has now made explicit what every careful student of Rossettiana has realised, that Lizzie Siddal committed suicide. |