Tennysonian

[ ten-uh-soh-nee-uhn ]

adjective

1. of, relating to, or characteristic of Tennyson or his writings.

Word History and Origins

Origin of Tennysonian¹

First recorded in 1835–45; Tennyson + -ian

Example Sentences

Indeed, it is a question whether he has imported any improvement into the rendering of his Galliambics by adopting the Tennysonian rather than the Catullian rhythm and measure.

From Project Gutenberg

And beyond the orchards was the crown of summer sea— "The liquid azure bloom of a crescent of sea, The silent sapphire-spangled marriage-ring of the land," thought Allonby, who was altogether in a Tennysonian frame of mind that morning.

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She is certainly a more lifelike child speaking Browningese, as she has often been criticised for doing, than she would be if upon this occasion she spoke in a Tennysonian manner.

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And the first hundred lines of “Hyperion” have no slight affinity, in colouring and cadence, to the Tennysonian blank verse.

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Disquietude and unrest are not wanting, but there is no unruly self-assertion; the cry of social revolt is faintly heard, and, when heard, its tones are among the least Tennysonian.

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