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Coleridgian, a. and n.|kəʊlˈrɪdʒɪən|
Also -ean.
[f. the name Coleridge (see below) + -ian, -an.]
A. adj. Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772–1834), the poet and philosopher, or his writings, opinions, etc.
B. n. A follower or devotee of Coleridge or his works. Hence ˌColeridgeˈana [see -ana suffix].
1834Mill Let. 30 Aug. in Wks. (1963) XII. 231 You appear to go farther..with the Coleridgian and German metaphysics than I do. 1839C. Fox Memories 19 Aug. (1882) v. 41 Some reference to infant schools drew Derwent Coleridge forth..and he launched out into a Coleridgean screed on education. 1840Mill in Westm. Rev. XXXIII. 260 Every Englishman of the present day is by implication either a Benthamite or a Coleridgian. 1931Blunden Votive Tablets 305 The largest and most promising of all his Coleridgeana, the biography of his father. 1953Essays in Criticism III. 354, I begin with the Coleridgian assumption that every detail in a good poem must contribute to its total effect. 1955C. S. Lewis Surprised by Joy xiii. 192 We..set a very great value on ‘Imagination’ in some high Coleridgean sense. 1956Blunden Coleridge's Fellow-Grecian 47 This not quite forgotten Coleridgean. |