Sanditonian

UK/ˌsæn.dɪˈtəʊ.ni.ən/US/ˌsæn.dɪˈtoʊ.ni.ən/

Sanditonian noun: an inhabitant of the fictional town of Sanditon from the unfinished novel Sanditon (1817) by the English writer Jane Austen.

Noun

Sanditonian (plural Sanditonians)

(literary criticism) An inhabitant of the fictional town of Sanditon from the unfinished novel Sanditon (1817) by the English writer Jane Austen.
- It is fitting that all roads in the town Mr. Parker has “planned and built, and praised and puffed” (328) seem to lead to the circulating library, because Sanditonians like Parker, who has built on sand, seem immensely willing to invest in empty convention—in signs in the place of substance. […]...1998, Deidre Shauna Lynch, The Economy of Character: Novels, Market Culture, and the Business of Inner Meaning, Chicago, Ill.; London: The University of Chicago Press, →ISBN, part two (Inside...
- The party was to consist of Mr and Mrs Parker, Charlotte, Abigail, Diana, Susan and Arthur, Mrs Griffiths, the Miss Beauforts, the three Hollises and several Sanditonians who had been deemed suitable either by the nature of their ailments or the size of their purses.2002, Juliette Shapiro, Excessively Diverted, Virtualbookworm.com Publishing Inc., →ISBN, page 227

Sanditonian (comparative more Sanditonian, superlative most Sanditonian)

(literary criticism) Of or relating to the fictional town of Sanditon from the unfinished novel Sanditon (1817) by the English writer Jane Austen.
- Parker himself is a model of bustling absurdity: a lover of healthful living, bathing machines, and the ‘Bracing Sea Air’ of Sanditon, a despiser of old-fashioned houses in ‘little contracted Nooks’, kitchen gardens (‘Who can endure a Cabbage Bed in October?’), and anyone who doubts the fact that...1990, Terry Castle, “Introduction”, in John Davie, editor, Northanger Abbey, Lady Susan, The Watsons, and Sanditon (The World’s Classics), Oxford, Oxon; New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press...
- A late contribution to the cartography of taste that the Austen canon seeks to register, this presentation of the Sanditonian way of seeing sets out terms for the proper appreciation of the Austen heroine. It puts into place the negative pole of the system of reading relations: and so this exposé...1992, Deidre Shauna Lynch, Face Value: The Economy of Character and the Institution of the Novel, 1750-1820, Stanford, Calif.: Stanford University, →OCLC, page 170

From Sanditon + -ian. Not used by Jane Austen herself.

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What does Sanditonian mean?: Sanditonian means an inhabitant of the fictional town of Sanditon from the unfinished novel Sanditon (1817) by the English writer Jane Austen.
What part of speech is Sanditonian?: Sanditonian can be a noun or an adjective.
How do you pronounce Sanditonian?: Sanditonian is pronounced /ˌsæn.dɪˈtəʊ.ni.ən/ (UK).
What is the plural of Sanditonian?: The plural of Sanditonian is Sanditonians.

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