单词 | fowleresque |
释义 | Fowleresqueadj. Resembling or characteristic of H. W. Fowler (see Fowler n.2) or his work, esp. with regard to his writings on correct English usage; = Fowlerian adj. ΚΠ 1946 Dickensian Spring 61 H. W. Fowler says that a ‘decadent’ is literary slang..for a ‘writer or artist affecting certain vices, obscurities, and turgidities of style’. A very neat, concise, and Fowleresque exposition. 1966 Wichita Falls (Texas) Times 14 Oct. 2 b/1 The nearest we in this country have come to producing a Fowleresque study of American English is this long-awaited book by the late Wilson Follett. 1996 Slate Mag. (Nexis) 16 Jan. A new Fowleresque usage guide by the type of person who would put the hyphen into anal-retentive. 2001 Sunday Tel. (Nexis) 8 July 15 ‘My decease would be of no importance,’ he writes..—a typical instance of Fowleresque self-effacement. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1946 |
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