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单词 drydenian
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Drydenianadj.

/drʌɪˈdiːnɪən/
Origin: From a proper name, combined with an English element. Etymons: proper name Dryden , -ian suffix .
Etymology: < the name of John Dryden (1631–1700), English poet + -ian suffix.
Characteristic, or in the style, of the English poet John Dryden (1631–1700).
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1687 E. Settle Refl. Dryden's Plays Pref. 23 The greatest piece of Drydenian Nonsense that I have met with yet.
1896 G. Saintsbury Hist. 19th Cent. Lit. 8 The Drydenian triplet..on which Pope had frowned.

Derivatives

Drydenic adj. /draɪˈdɛnɪk/ = main sense.
Drydenish adj. /ˈdraɪdənɪʃ/ = main sense.
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1687 E. Settle Refl. Dryden's Plays Pref. 41 Something Drydenish, Illnatured and unjauntee.
1868 J. R. Lowell Dryden in Prose Wks. (1890) III. 141 (note) A very Drydenish verse.
ˈDrydenism n. a phrase, etc. characteristic of Dryden.
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1687 E. Settle Refl. Dryden's Plays Pref. 2 The boldest Drydenism that e're came in Print.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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