Elioticadj.¹

Brit.

/ɛlɪˈɒtɪk/, U.S.

/ˌɛliˈɑdɪk/

Origin: From a proper name, combined with an English element. Etymons: proper name Eliot , -ic suffix.

Etymology: < the name of George Eliot, pseudonym of Mary Anne Evans (1819–80), English novelist, essayist, poet, and translator + -ic suffix.

Of, relating to, or characteristic of George Eliot or her writing or thought; resembling or influenced by Eliot's work; rare before second half of 20th cent.Eliot's novels, several of which are representations of English provincial life, are characterized by their exploration of moral problems, their development of psychological analysis of character that marks the modern novel, and by the author's sympathetic humanism.

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1885 Nation 3 Sept. 189/2 ‘Every man for his neighbor’..would be too much like old-fashioned Christianity, but ‘every man his own neighbor’..is an advance even on Harrisonian or Eliotic Altruism.

1975 N. Roberts George Eliot iii. 70 In his words to Arthur,..‘You can never do what's wrong without breeding sin and trouble more than you can ever see’.., Adam is a massive representation of this central Eliotic belief.

1980 19th-cent. Fiction 38 112 The George Eliot Centennial of 1980 produced a wonderful explosion of Eliotic energy.

1992 Stud. Engl. Lit. 32 711 In The Mill on the Floss, Maggie is the Eliotic figure of sympathy.

2010 J. Lyon in P. Fielding Edinb. Compan. R. L. Stevenson ix. 139 Henry James..settled in England, and settled into emulation of George Eliot, not least in his most Eliotic novel The Portrait of a Lady.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

Elioticadj.²

Brit.

/ˌɛlɪˈɒtɪk/, U.S.

/ˌɛliˈɑdɪk/

Origin: From a proper name, combined with an English element. Etymons: proper name Eliot , -ic suffix.

Etymology: < the name of Thomas Stearns Eliot (1888–1965), U.S.-born British poet, critic, playwright, and publisher + -ic suffix.

Of, relating to, or characteristic of T. S. Eliot or his work or thought; resembling or influenced by Eliot's poetry or criticism.Eliot emerged as a leading and influential figure in the Modernist movement in poetry in works such as The Waste Land (1922). His literary criticism is particularly noted for discussions of symbolism in art and of the separation of thought and feeling in poetry (see objective correlative n. and dissociation of sensibility n. at dissociation n. Phrases).

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1925 A. MacLeish Lett. (1983) 158 If these are the rhythms which your over-secst [sic] critical instinct informs you are Eliotic I can only say that you are..guilty of a first rank critical error.

1938 Poetry 52 160 Exile and A Fool i' the Forest did not obey the Eliotic canon which decreed that poetic emotion be de-personalized.

1966 Holiday Mar. 84/4 Freud was less Freudian than the Freudians, Eliot was less Eliotic than his followers.

1975 P. Fussell Great War & Mod. Mem. ix. 313 The reader in search of innovation will find it in..Jones's Eliotic and Poundian juxtapositions.

2009 Times Lit. Suppl. 6 Nov. 14/1 Eliot praised her [sc. Lynette Roberts's] poems by that most Eliotic of criteria: that they communicated before they made sense.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	eliotic
释义	Elioticadj.¹ Brit. /ɛlɪˈɒtɪk/, U.S. /ˌɛliˈɑdɪk/ Origin: From a proper name, combined with an English element. Etymons: proper name Eliot , -ic suffix. Etymology: < the name of George Eliot, pseudonym of Mary Anne Evans (1819–80), English novelist, essayist, poet, and translator + -ic suffix. Of, relating to, or characteristic of George Eliot or her writing or thought; resembling or influenced by Eliot's work; rare before second half of 20th cent.Eliot's novels, several of which are representations of English provincial life, are characterized by their exploration of moral problems, their development of psychological analysis of character that marks the modern novel, and by the author's sympathetic humanism. ΚΠ 1885 Nation 3 Sept. 189/2 ‘Every man for his neighbor’..would be too much like old-fashioned Christianity, but ‘every man his own neighbor’..is an advance even on Harrisonian or Eliotic Altruism. 1975 N. Roberts George Eliot iii. 70 In his words to Arthur,..‘You can never do what's wrong without breeding sin and trouble more than you can ever see’.., Adam is a massive representation of this central Eliotic belief. 1980 19th-cent. Fiction 38 112 The George Eliot Centennial of 1980 produced a wonderful explosion of Eliotic energy. 1992 Stud. Engl. Lit. 32 711 In The Mill on the Floss, Maggie is the Eliotic figure of sympathy. 2010 J. Lyon in P. Fielding Edinb. Compan. R. L. Stevenson ix. 139 Henry James..settled in England, and settled into emulation of George Eliot, not least in his most Eliotic novel The Portrait of a Lady. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). Elioticadj.² Brit. /ˌɛlɪˈɒtɪk/, U.S. /ˌɛliˈɑdɪk/ Origin: From a proper name, combined with an English element. Etymons: proper name Eliot , -ic suffix. Etymology: < the name of Thomas Stearns Eliot (1888–1965), U.S.-born British poet, critic, playwright, and publisher + -ic suffix. Of, relating to, or characteristic of T. S. Eliot or his work or thought; resembling or influenced by Eliot's poetry or criticism.Eliot emerged as a leading and influential figure in the Modernist movement in poetry in works such as The Waste Land (1922). His literary criticism is particularly noted for discussions of symbolism in art and of the separation of thought and feeling in poetry (see objective correlative n. and dissociation of sensibility n. at dissociation n. Phrases). ΚΠ 1925 A. MacLeish Lett. (1983) 158 If these are the rhythms which your over-secst [sic] critical instinct informs you are Eliotic I can only say that you are..guilty of a first rank critical error. 1938 Poetry 52 160 Exile and A Fool i' the Forest did not obey the Eliotic canon which decreed that poetic emotion be de-personalized. 1966 Holiday Mar. 84/4 Freud was less Freudian than the Freudians, Eliot was less Eliotic than his followers. 1975 P. Fussell Great War & Mod. Mem. ix. 313 The reader in search of innovation will find it in..Jones's Eliotic and Poundian juxtapositions. 2009 Times Lit. Suppl. 6 Nov. 14/1 Eliot praised her [sc. Lynette Roberts's] poems by that most Eliotic of criteria: that they communicated before they made sense. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.¹1885adj.²1925
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