Wodehousianadj.n.
/wʊdˈhaʊsɪən/, U.S. /ˌwʊdˈ(h)aʊsiən/ A. adj.
Of, relating to, or characteristic of P. G. Wodehouse or his works, esp. his comic fiction.Typical elements of Wodehouse's comic fiction include a light tone, farcical situations, upper-class characters, and humorous wordplay.
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society > leisure > the arts > literature > literary world > [adjective] > relating to or characteristic of specific writer
Lucianical1561
Xenophontean1593
Sidneian1599
Anastasian1621
Theophrastical1662
Menippean1693
Varronian1693
Herodotean1748
Shaftesburian1752
Cervantic1760
Alfredian1762
Swiftian1762
Richardsonian1763
Pepysian1765
Rabelaica1768
Rabelaisian1769
Johnsonian1775
Radcliffian1801
Southeyan1817
Lucianic1820
Xenophontic1822
Thucydidean1826
Walter Scottish1827
Voltairean1833
Juvenalian1839
Dickens-like1841
Dickensian1842
Voltairish1842
Hazlittian1844
Theocritean1846
Dickensish1849
Ruskinian1850
Ruskinesque1854
Dickensy1855
Dickenesque1856
Macaulayesque1856
Ruskinite1856
Thackerayan1857
Ruskinese1863
Macaulayish1865
Walpolian1867
Dickensesque1868
Voltairianized1872
Baconian1874
Balzacian1874
Morrisian1879
Isidorian1882
Poe-like1882
Peacockian1886
Poe-esque1886
Zolaesque1886
Macaulayan1887
Bunyanesque1888
Fieldingesque1888
Junian1888
Meredithian1888
Tacitean1890
Hugoesque1893
Hardyesque1894
Kiplingesque1894
Shawian1894
Maeterlinckian1895
Dickinsonian1896
Stevensonian1897
Austenish1898
Austenian1901
Leverish1903
Pateresque1903
Trollopian1903
Malorian1904
Shavian1904
Brontesque1905
Chestertonian1905
Jamesian1905
Leveresque1905
Jacobean1906
Carrollese1907
Hardyan1907
Stendhalian1907
Turgenevian1908
Ouidaesque1909
Galsworthian1912
Poeish1915
Paterian1918
Sitwellian1920
Conradian1921
Mallarméan1924
Theophrastian1924
Wildean1924
Pirandellian1925
Proustian1925
Flaubertian1926
Wodehousian1926
Joycean1927
Stracheyan1927
Theophrastic1928
Yeatsian1928
Lawrentian1930
Firbankian1931
Melvillean1931
Leavisite1934
Runyonesque1934
Kafka1936
Woolfian1936
Twainian1938
Rilkean1939
Audenesque1940
Hemingwayesque1942
Brontëan1945
Kafkaesque1947
Leavisian1947
Morrisan1949
Orwellian1950
Faulknerian1951
Hemingwayan1951
Greeneian1952
Arnoldian1953
Thurberesque1954
Tolkienian1954
Beckettian1958
Hemingwayish1959
Nabokovian1959
Pinteresque1960
Pinterish1960
Vernean1960
Waughian1960
Bradleian1961
Gravesian1961
Kafkian1962
Jules Vernean1964
Snovian1966
Pinterian1967
Lucianesque1969
Tolkienesque1970
Thoreauvian1975
Stubbsian1979
1926 Observer 29 Aug. 5/3 He gets caught up in a series of mildly criminal adventures very much in the Wodehousian tradition.
1943 Scrutiny 11 288 About every seven pages some Wodehousian character receives a severe and almost mortal shock.
1973 M. Muggeridge Infernal Grove iv. 229 The broadcasts, in point of fact, are neither anti- nor pro-German, but just Wodehousian.
1979 Daily Tel. 2 Aug. 11/3 With some minor reservations.., this addition to Wodehousian lore can safely be admitted.
2005 Time Out N.Y. Apr. 91/2 One scene of Wodehousian high jinks sees him rolled in a carpet and delivered to the house of an ominous aristocrat.
B. n.
1. A character typical of Wodehouse's works, esp. his comic fiction. rare.
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society > leisure > the arts > literature > literary world > [noun] > ideas, etc., characteristic of specific writer
Marlowism1593
Rabelaism1803
Johnsonianism1807
Johnsonism1807
Boswellism1825
Swiftianism1826
Walter Scottism1835
Carlylism1841
Voltairism1841
Macaulayism1846
Voltairianism1848
Zolaism1882
Rabelaisianism1886
Brontëism1887
Arnoldism1892
Kiplingism1898
Shavianism1905
Menckenism1922
Sitwellism1922
Pirandellism1925
Shavianismus1927
Proustery1928
Wodehousian1931
Waughism1934
Snovianism1966
Orwellianism1967
Pinterism1967
Orwellism1970
Pinterishness1970
1931 Times Lit. Suppl. 21 May 409/4 Berry Conway and Lord Biskerton, the lads who are after Big Money, are true Wodehousians, stamped with the authentic stamp.
1952 N.Y. Times 19 Oct. br4/4 Another tale of eccentric behavior in the foamy, feathery world of the Wodehousians.
2. An admirer, student, or habitual reader of Wodehouse's works.
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society > leisure > the arts > literature > literary world > [noun] > imitation or admiration of specific writer > follower or student of specific writer
Tacitist1656
Johnsonian1778
Richardsonian1778
Miltonist1830
Voltairean1842
Dickensite1849
Shakespearolater1875
Cervantist1881
Rabelaisian1882
Dickensian1885
Peacockian1886
Zolaist1886
Meredithian1892
Hardyan1896
Janeite1896
Stevensonian1897
Kiplingite1898
Hazlittian1902
Austenite1903
Balzacian1905
Shavian1905
Boswellian1908
Jacobite1909
Thackerayan1909
Trollopian1910
Wellsian1916
Proustian1919
Sitwellian1920
Pirandellist1925
Thoreauvian1927
Walpolian1927
Austenian1928
Stendhalian1928
Poeist1929
Morrisite1936
Joycean1938
Wodehousian1939
Lucianist1940
Woolfian1944
Leavisite1946
Jamesian1954
Yeatsian1954
Leavisian1955
Lawrentian1957
Lawrentian1959
Beckettian1965
Orwellian1971
1939 Scotsman 8 June 15/2 There are over 500 pages in the book, and the extracts have been chosen by a true Wodehousian.
1960 Times Lit. Suppl. 12 Aug. 509/3 All Wodehousians will want to read it, of course, for it brings the latest news of many famous characters.
1980 Times 2 Feb. 7/2 The experienced Wodehousian's heart leaps.
2015 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 12 Apr. sp8 Devoted Wodehousians would take issue with her description of P. G. Wodehouse as a playwright.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2016; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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