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Brunonian

UK/bɹuːˈnəʊ.ni.ən/US/bɹuˈnoʊ.ni.ən/

Brunonian adjective: of or relating to John Brown (physician, born 1735), Scottish physician who taught that disease was caused by either excessive or inadequate stimulation.

Adjective

Brunonian (comparative more Brunonian, superlative most Brunonian)

  1. Of or relating to John Brown (physician, born 1735), Scottish physician who taught that disease was caused by either excessive or inadequate stimulation.
  2. Of or relating to Sir Thomas Browne, English scholar and author known for his eloquent style.
    • Hostile criticism has often taken as typical the style of Christian Morals, written at the end of his life and unpublished till 1756—a work showing signs of decadence, in its exaggeration and stiffening of Brunonian traits.1951, Austin Warren, “The Style of Sir Thomas Browne”, in The Kenyon Review, vol. 13, no. 4
    • The dissertation's organizing idea is that each individual Brunonian work exhibits an historically convergent epistemology2000, Leslie Carol Rosier, “The Knowing of Sir Thomas Browne”, in Fordham University Dissertations & Theses

Noun

Brunonian (plural Brunonians)

  1. A student of Brown University, Rhode Island, USA.

Forms of Brunonian

Adjective
comparativemore Brunonian
superlativemost Brunonian
Noun
pluralBrunonians

Origin of Brunonian

From Bruno + -n- + -ian. From Latin Bruno (“Brown”), from Medieval Latin brunus (“brown”), from Old High German brun (“brown”).

Words that rhyme with Brunonian

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Questions about Brunonian

What does Brunonian mean?
Brunonian means of or relating to John Brown (physician, born 1735), Scottish physician who taught that disease was caused by either excessive or inadequate stimulation.
What part of speech is Brunonian?
Brunonian can be an adjective or a noun.
How do you pronounce Brunonian?
Brunonian is pronounced /bɹuːˈnəʊ.ni.ən/ (UK).

Words near Brunonian in the dictionary

  1. brunoise
  2. brunoised
  3. brunoises
  4. brunoising
  5. Brunomir
  6. Brunonian
  7. Brunonianism
  8. Brunonians
  9. Brunonism
  10. Brunoslav
  11. brunost

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