Chaucerian

[ chaw-seer-ee-uh n ]

/ tʃɔˈsɪər i ən /

adjective

of, relating to, or characteristic of Chaucer's writings: Chaucerian wit.

noun

a scholar devoted to the study of Chaucer and his writings.

Origin of Chaucerian

First recorded in 1650–60; Chaucer + -ian

OTHER WORDS FROM Chaucerian

non-Chau·ce·ri·an, adjective, nounpost-Chau·ce·ri·an, adjectivepre-Chau·ce·ri·an, adjective

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Examples from the Web for chaucerian

Chaucerian and other Pieces, being a Supplementary Volume to the above.
Chaucer's Works, Volume 2 (of 7)|Geoffrey Chaucer
Even here, however, the piece still keeps the Chaucerian form and manner, and is only a kind of exercise.
A History of English Literature|George Saintsbury
Chaucerian scholars say that the Wife of Bath talked what we would call Irish dialect.
The Circus, and Other Essays and Fugitive Pieces|Joyce Kilmer
These are plain manly compositions in the seven-lined Chaucerian stanza.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 3|Various

Here is no affectation of Chaucerian words; the gold is not spotted with rust.
Amenities of Literature|Isaac Disraeli

British Dictionary definitions for chaucerian

Chaucerian

/ (tʃɔːˈsɪərɪən) /

adjective

of, relating to, or characteristic of the writings of Geoffrey Chaucer

noun

an imitator of Chaucer, esp one of a group of 15th-century Scottish writers who took him as a model

an admirer of Chaucer's works
a specialist in the study or teaching of Chaucer

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