jeremitaylorically
jeremitaylorically adverb: like Jeremy Taylor or his prose style; solemn, elaborate, ornate.
Adverb
jeremitaylorically (comparative more jeremitaylorically, superlative most jeremitaylorically)
- Like Jeremy Taylor or his prose style; solemn, elaborate, ornate.
- He sate with "his eye in a fine frenzy rolling," and turned his inspired gaze on Marionetta as if she had been the ghastly ladie of a magical vision; then placed his hand before his eyes, with an appearance of manifest pain — shook his head — withdrew his hand — rubbed his eyes, like a waking man —...1818, Thomas Love Peacock, Nightmare Abbey
- I find his beauties cloying and his style too jeremitaylorically purple.1960, Frank Percy Wilson, Seventeenth Century Prose
Forms of jeremitaylorically
| comparative | more jeremitaylorically |
|---|---|
| superlative | most jeremitaylorically |
Origin of jeremitaylorically
From Jeremy Taylor (1613-1667), a clergyman and writer of theology, -ic + -ally.
Questions about jeremitaylorically
- What does jeremitaylorically mean?
- Jeremitaylorically means like Jeremy Taylor or his prose style; solemn, elaborate, ornate.
- What part of speech is jeremitaylorically?
- Jeremitaylorically is an adverb.
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