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Sheridanesque, a.|ˌʃɛrɪdəˈnɛsk|
[f. the name of Richard Brinsley Sheridan (1751–1816), British dramatist + -esque.]
Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of Sheridan or his plays.
1931[see Racinian a. and n.]. 1933Blunden Charles Lamb ii. 61 He [sc. Lamb] ventured to show what he could do independent of the Sheridanesque cleverness around him.
So ˈSheridaniˌana [-iana], anecdotes about Sheridan.
1826F. Reynolds Sheridaniana p. iii, The..volume..is intended to comprehend all that is most interesting..about..Sheridan—a person so eminently qualified to form the subject of such a work, that it seems somewhat singular that the present should be the first collection of Sheridaniana. 1931Times Lit. Suppl. 16 Apr. 303/3 Sheridaniana? There is ‘at the bottom of this stagnant well’ some trace of truth, the misery of a reputation for wit. |