Byronic

[ bahy-ron-ik ]

/ baɪˈrɒn ɪk /

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adjective

of or relating to Lord Byron.

possessing the characteristics of Byron or his poetry, especially romanticism, melancholy, and melodramatic energy.

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Origin of Byronic

First recorded in 1815–25; Byron + -ic

By·ron·i·cal·ly, adverbBy·ron·ism

[bahy-ruh-niz-uhm], /ˈbaɪ rəˌnɪz əm/, noun

If you are really so attracted to Byronism, why not have chosen a suitable quotation from Lermontov?
The Life & Letters of Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky|Modeste Tchaikovsky
The germ of Byronism may be clearly detected already in the Wertherism of those times.
The Great Events by Famous Historians, v. 13|Various
At all events the beginning of Byronism—of the outward, visible Byronism, that is to say—is there.
The Love Affairs of Lord Byron|Francis Henry Gribble
Curiously enough, indeed, even the political Byronism can be seen coming to birth at the time of the writing of the Journal.
The Love Affairs of Lord Byron|Francis Henry Gribble

Well, people catch Byronism, and get over it, much as Southey got over his republicanism.
The American Mind|Bliss Perry