Miltonic

[ mil-ton-ik ]

adjective

1. of or relating to the poet Milton or his writings.
2. resembling Milton's majestic style.

Miltonic

/ mɪlˈtəʊnɪən; mɪlˈtɒnɪk /

adjective

1. characteristic of or resembling Milton's literary style, esp in being sublime and majestic

Other Words From

• pseudo-Mil·tonic adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of Miltonic¹

First recorded in 1700–10; Milton + -ic

Example Sentences

There is nothing like her humor, or Shakespeare’s, or Dante’s, or Dickens’s or Dostoyevsky’s, in ancient tragedy or in our young Miltonic prigs who are writing intense novels just now.

From New York Times

As for the Miltonic saga of Dodge’s godhood, which gradually comes to dominate the narrative, Stephenson more or less gives us a cyber-“Silmarillion.”

From Washington Post

“I identify nontheistically with a Miltonic Satan that defies all subjugation, exalts scientific inquiry and promotes Humanistic, pluralistic values,” he wrote in the Washington Post last year, in a piece rejecting the conservative Christian assertion that Satan is behind the rise in white supremacism.

From Slate

But smack dab in the middle of these dimensional extremes lies Earth, and when the final Miltonic war for domination arrives, the mighty forces converge, making Earth their battlefield.

From Los Angeles Times

The poem is marginal doodling of a very high order, Miltonic graffiti that asserts its power by being at once polished and rash.

From The New Yorker