Wordsworth

[ wurdz-wurth ]

noun

1. William, 1770–1850, English poet: poet laureate 1843–50.

Wordsworth

/ ˈwɜːdzˌwəθ; ˌwɜːdzˈwɜːðɪən /

noun

1. WordsworthDorothy17711855FEnglishWRITING: writer Dorothy. 1771–1855, English writer, whose Journals are noted esp for their descriptions of nature
2. WordsworthWilliam17701850MEnglishWRITING: poet her brother, William . 1770–1850, English poet, whose work, celebrating nature, was greatly inspired by the Lake District, in which he spent most of his life. Lyrical Ballads (1798), to which Coleridge contributed, is often taken as the first example of English romantic poetry and includes his Lines Written above Tintern Abbey. Among his other works are The Prelude (completed in 1805; revised thereafter and published posthumously) and Poems in Two Volumes (1807), which includes The Solitary Reaper and Intimations of Immortality

Derived Forms

• Wordsworthian, adjectivenoun

Other Words From

• Words·worthi·an adjective noun
• Words·worthi·an·ism noun

Example Sentences

The East India Company had a close association with the Wordsworth family, and it is believed that John Wordsworth embarked on a life at sea to help support his brother's writing career.

From BBC

Lake District documentary-maker and photographer Terry Abraham said Mr Naylor would be "remembered like Wordsworth, Ruskin and Wainwright within the history of the most beautiful corner of England".

From BBC

Jackson about Romantic literature, which shows that Blake and Austen and Wordsworth and Keats among others were not thought to be the best of the best in their time.

From Salon

However, another lawyer for Germany, Samuel Wordsworth, argued that the court could not rule Germany was violating the obligation to prevent genocide because its judges have not ruled that Israel is breaching the Genocide Convention.

From Seattle Times

Saul Wordsworth remembers when he first realised his father Christopher may have taken a terrible secret to his grave.

From BBC