Swiftian

adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Of or pertaining to Jonathan Swift (1667–1745), Anglo-Irish satirist and essayist, or his works.

    "Swiftian satire"

  2. 2
    Of or pertaining to Taylor Swift (1989–), American singer-songwriter, or her musical and lyrical style.

    "Swiftian chorus"

Example

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"Nor are his ironic-human touches wanting. Almost at its birth he satirises, in his own quiet Swiftian way, an absurd tendency which has grown mightily since, and flourishes now: […]"

Etymology

From Swift + -ian.

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