| 单词 |
Boswellian |
| 释义 |
Boswellian, a. and n.|bɒzˈwɛlɪən|
Also Boswellean.
[f. Boswell, the name of Dr. Johnson's friend and biographer, + -ian.]
A. adj. Resembling Boswell as a biographer.
1843Carlyle Past & Pr. II. i. 54 The ‘Chronicle’, or private Boswellean Notebook, of Jocelin. 1855Rambler III. 485 The average Englishman..has been bored by the Boswellian adoration of the Corsican Paoli. 1884Graphic 21 June 607/2 Mr. Hatton..puts down everything with more than Boswellian minuteness.
B. n. A student or admirer of Boswell.
1908Daily Chron. 11 Nov. 3/4 Their appearance in print was hailed with pleasure by Johnsonians and Boswellians. 1921Glasgow Herald 29 Jan. 13 Johnsonians and Boswellians alike will therefore receive with joyful gratitude Dr. J. T. T. Brown's paper.
So ˈBoswellism, the characteristic manner or style of Boswell as a biographer.
1825Macaulay Ess. (1860) I. 58 That propensity which, for want of a better name, we will venture to christen Boswellism. 1875F. Hall in Lippincott's Mag. XV. 345 A rooted aversion to anything like Boswellism. |
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