Soaneanadj.
/ˈsəʊnɪan/ Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of Sir John Soane (1753–1837), British architect, or the buildings designed by him.
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Wrenean1813
Wyatt1819
Soanean1842
Wrenian1853
Puginian1933
Wyattesque1942
Walpolian1944
Soanesque1945
Wyattish1946
Soanic1948
1842 Penny Cycl. XXII. 168/2 He thought proper to limit the time of the ‘Soanean Museum’ being opened to the public to two days in each week for three months in the year.
1974 J. Sherwood & N. Pevsner Oxfordshire 815 A doorway with Soanean incised decoration.
Derivatives
Soaˈnesque adj. [-esque suffix.]
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society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > architecture > style of architecture > [adjective] > style of specific English architects
Wrenean1813
Wyatt1819
Soanean1842
Wrenian1853
Puginian1933
Wyattesque1942
Walpolian1944
Soanesque1945
Wyattish1946
Soanic1948
1945 E. Waugh Brideshead Revisited i. iv. 72 It was an aesthetic education to live within those walls, to wander from room to room, from the Soanesque library to the Chinese drawing-room.
ˈSoanic adj. [-ic suffix]
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society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > architecture > style of architecture > [adjective] > style of specific English architects
Wrenean1813
Wyatt1819
Soanean1842
Wrenian1853
Puginian1933
Wyattesque1942
Walpolian1944
Soanesque1945
Wyattish1946
Soanic1948
1948 Archit. Rev. 104 64/1 An extravagant blend of Soanic abstraction and Italian grotesquerie.
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