Chaucerian
English
editEtymology
editPronunciation
edit- enPR: chô-sîrʹē-ən
- (UK) IPA(key): /tʃɔːˈsɪəɹɪ.ən/
- (US) IPA(key): /t͡ʃɔˈsɪɹi.ən/
- Rhymes: -ɪəɹiən, -ɪɹiən
- Hyphenation: Chau‧cer‧ian
Adjective
editChaucerian (comparative more Chaucerian, superlative most Chaucerian)
- (literature) Of or pertaining to Geoffrey Chaucer or his writings.
- 1926, Suniti Kumar Chatterji, The Origin and Development of the Bengali Language, page 134:
- Literary Bengali of prose, during the greater part of the 19th century, was thus a doubly artificial language ; and, with its forms belonging to Middle Bengali, and its vocabulary highly Sanskritised, it could only be compared to a 'Modern English' with a Chaucerian grammar and a super-Johnsonian vocabulary, if such a thing could be conceived.
Derived terms
editTranslations
editof or pertaining to Geoffrey Chaucer or his writings
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Noun
editChaucerian (plural Chaucerians)
- (literature) A poet influenced by Chaucer.
- A student of the works of Chaucer.
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