Byronist
Byronist noun: a proponent of Byronism.
Noun
Byronist (plural Byronists)
- A proponent of Byronism.
- Lermontov, of course, was a Byronist, but his great , original poetic power made him a Byronist of a particular kind - a kind of mocking, capricious, and fastidious Byronist, eternally disbelieving even in his own inspiration and[…]1997 July 20, Fyodor Dostoevsky, A Writer's Diary Volume 2: 1877-1881, Northwestern University Press, →ISBN, page 1253
- But her reactions to Lord Byron, riven beyond ambivalence, are a primer of the female-Byronist dilemma. Not given to Jewsbury's dry distance, “Mrs. Hemans” was a consummate Byronist. In public displays of affection, she echoed his[…]2010 October 18, Susan J. Wolfson, Romantic Interactions: Social Being and the Turns of Literary Action, JHU Press, →ISBN
Forms of Byronist
| plural | Byronists |
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Origin of Byronist
From Byron + -ist.
Questions about Byronist
- What does Byronist mean?
- Byronist means a proponent of Byronism.
- What part of speech is Byronist?
- Byronist is a noun.
- What is the plural of Byronist?
- The plural of Byronist is Byronists.
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