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Byronism|ˈbaɪərənɪz(ə)m|
[f. as prec. + -ism.]
a. The characteristics of Byron or his poetry.
b. Imitation of Byron.
1817W. S. Walker Poet. Rem. (1852) Introd. 38 Lord Byron's drama of Manfred is..the perfection of Byronism. 1857Fraser's Mag. LVI. 66 When Byronism was at its height, when..you could not be interesting unless you were miserable and vicious. 1870Swinburne Ess. & Stud. (1875) 307 One of his [de Musset's] decoctions of watered Byronism.
So also Byˈroniad |-ˈəʊnɪəd|, [see -ad 1 c], ? the epic of a Byronian hero. Byˈronian a, of or pertaining to Byron, resembling Byron; also n., an admirer or imitator of Byron. Byˈro nical a., ˈByronish a., = Byronian; Byˈronically adv.; ˈByronist, ˈByronite [see -ist, -ite], a follower or imitator of Byron. ˈByronize v. [see -ize], (a) trans. to invest with the characteristics of Byron; (b) intr. to affect or play the Byron.
1819Literary Gaz. 546 The prose *Byroniads which infest the times.
1822Blackw. Mag. XII. 753 Old-established freeholders on the *Byronian Parnassus.
1883Athenæum 17 Mar. 340/1 Alfred de Musset and the French *Byronians.
1871Morley Crit. Misc. (1878) 225 Silly *Byronical votaries, who only half understood their idol.
1839Blackw. Mag. XLV. 356 Wearing his shirt collar *Byronically tied in front with a slip of black ribbon.
1830Wilson ibid. XXVII. 674 An exceedingly neat small *Byronish hand.
1830Campbell in Fraser's Mag. I. 485 If the *Byronists were to face the savage ordeal.
1884Swinburne in 19th Cent. Apr. 587 The smallest perceptible *Byronite or Wordsworthian.
1823Blackw. Mag. XIII. 267 *Byronized Cockneys. 1836Edin. Rev. LXII. 299 His gentleness and devoutness would have Byronized but ill. 1847Blackw. Mag. LXI. 430 Let others..fling their curls back from their brows, unbutton their shirt-collars, and, thus Byronised, begin. |