Addison

[ ad-uh-suhn ]

noun

1. Joseph, 1672–1719, English essayist and poet.
2. Thomas, 1793–1860, English physician.
3. a town in NE Illinois.

Addison

/ ˈædɪsən /

noun

1. AddisonJoseph16721719MEnglishWRITING: essayistWRITING: poet Joseph. 1672–1719, English essayist and poet who, with Richard Steele, founded The Spectator (1711–14) and contributed most of its essays, including the de Coverley Papers

Example Sentences

Addison was allowed out of jail, finally, but her passport was held pending an investigation—even though nobody questioned her.

From The Daily Beast

This will give you a taste of the frustrations Addison is facing.

From The Daily Beast

“Dr. Addison has shown strength and resiliency during an extremely difficult time,” an embassy spokesperson tells me.

From The Daily Beast

Addison spent four nights in jail, she told me on FaceTime during a period when she was out on her own recognizance.

From The Daily Beast

But, still, week after week, Addison lived in a Dili hostel waiting for the rusty wheels of Timorese justice to set her free.

From The Daily Beast

Mr. Addison, whose abilities no man can doubt, was from diffidence totally unable to speak in the house.

From Project Gutenberg

Whatever his own personal blunders, it was impossible for Joseph Addison to err in a point of literary judgment.

From Project Gutenberg

We allude to that more benevolent code of morality inaugurated by Joseph Addison.

From Project Gutenberg

Addison's "Cato" was to be spouted in public by the schoolchildren.

From Project Gutenberg

Addison we know to have been a little on the hither side of open-handedness.

From Project Gutenberg