Definition of Wildean in English:
Wildean
adjective ˈwʌɪldɪənˈwaɪldiən
Relating to or characteristic of Oscar Wilde or his works, especially in being witty and epigrammatic.
his performance laced with dry Wildean wit
Example sentencesExamples
- This is, for Wildean scholars and students of the fin-de-siecle, a treasure-trove of a book.
- It is not always easy to see why qualities such as moral anger, use of farce or the concern to balance popular entertainment with debate about public issues should be Jonsonian rather than (for instance) Shavian or Wildean.
- It is a film of light, cerebral kicks and genuine Wildean wit.
- Social hypocrisy, and the sexual double standard, are central Wildean targets, and he is merciless in his attacks on them.
- She had an amazing array of Wildean oneliners and putdowns that reduced the audience to hysterics.
nounˈwʌɪldɪənˈwaɪldiən
An admirer or student of Oscar Wilde or his works.
at Oxford, I fell in with a circle of venerable gentleman Wildeans
Example sentencesExamples
- Few critics will agree with all her assessments but most Wildeans will find her survey a valuable resource.
- Wilde had to make equality the material precondition of freedom, and later Wildeans have insisted that Wilde was a socialist because he was so deeply an individualist.
- The magazine had carried an acerbic satire on Wildeans in general as they were observed in the auditorium on the opening night of 'The Importance of Being Earnest.'
- As post-Wildeans and post-Freudians, perhaps we mostly read a book in both ways, as autobiografiction about the writer and also about ourselves.
- Fairy tales were deployed by Wildeans to express same-sex desire in a thickly coded array of tropes.
Definition of Wildean in US English:
Wildean
adjectiveˈwīldēənˈwaɪldiən
Relating to or characteristic of Oscar Wilde or his works, especially in being witty and epigrammatic.
his performance laced with dry Wildean wit
Example sentencesExamples
- It is not always easy to see why qualities such as moral anger, use of farce or the concern to balance popular entertainment with debate about public issues should be Jonsonian rather than (for instance) Shavian or Wildean.
- She had an amazing array of Wildean oneliners and putdowns that reduced the audience to hysterics.
- It is a film of light, cerebral kicks and genuine Wildean wit.
- Social hypocrisy, and the sexual double standard, are central Wildean targets, and he is merciless in his attacks on them.
- This is, for Wildean scholars and students of the fin-de-siecle, a treasure-trove of a book.
nounˈwīldēənˈwaɪldiən
An admirer or student of Oscar Wilde or his works.
at Oxford, I fell in with a circle of venerable gentleman Wildeans
Example sentencesExamples
- The magazine had carried an acerbic satire on Wildeans in general as they were observed in the auditorium on the opening night of 'The Importance of Being Earnest.'
- Wilde had to make equality the material precondition of freedom, and later Wildeans have insisted that Wilde was a socialist because he was so deeply an individualist.
- As post-Wildeans and post-Freudians, perhaps we mostly read a book in both ways, as autobiografiction about the writer and also about ourselves.
- Few critics will agree with all her assessments but most Wildeans will find her survey a valuable resource.
- Fairy tales were deployed by Wildeans to express same-sex desire in a thickly coded array of tropes.