Addisonian

//ˌædɪˈsəʊ.ni.ən// adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Of or relating to Joseph Addison (1672–1719), English writer and politician.

    "What goes down with them and with the public is a bit of sensational realism told in terse newspaper English. Literary English,—Addisonian English,—is a mistake."

  2. 2
    Alternative letter-case form of Addisonian. alt-of, not-comparable
  3. 3
    Of or relating to Addison's disease

    "Addisonian crisis"

Example

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"What goes down with them and with the public is a bit of sensational realism told in terse newspaper English. Literary English,—Addisonian English,—is a mistake."

Etymology

From Addison + -ian.

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addison's disease

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