Lawrentian

English

Etymology

From Lawrence + -ian.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /lɒˈɹɛnʃən/
  • Homophones: Laurencian, Laurentian

Adjective

Lawrentian (comparative more Lawrentian, superlative most Lawrentian)

  1. Of or pertaining to the author T. E. Lawrence or his works or style of writing.
    • 1999, David Platten, Michel Tournier and the Metaphor of Fiction, Liverpool 1999, p. 150:
      Once in Paris, Idriss meets the unlikely aristocrat Sigisbert de Beaufond, who regales him with a desert drama of Lawrentian proportions.
  2. Of or pertaining to the author D. H. Lawrence or his works or style of writing.
    • 2007, Lucy Mangan, The Guardian, 22 Jun 2007, G2, p. 11:
      Head to the countryside, says Quickies, and have lots of sex in barns and stables that throb with Lawrentian promise.
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