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Chaucerian

[ chaw-seer-ee-uhn ]

adjective

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

    Chaucerian wit.



noun

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

Chaucerian

/ tʃɔːˈsɪərɪən /

adjective

  1. of, relating to, or characteristic of the writings of Geoffrey Chaucer
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


noun

  1. an imitator of Chaucer, esp one of a group of 15th-century Scottish writers who took him as a model
    1. an admirer of Chaucer's works
    2. a specialist in the study or teaching of Chaucer
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other Words From

  • non-Chau·ceri·an adjective noun
  • post-Chau·ceri·an adjective
  • pre-Chau·ceri·an adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of Chaucerian1

First recorded in 1650–60; Chaucer + -ian
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Example Sentences

This portion abounds with non-Chaucerian rimes, as explained in the Introduction, and is not by any means remarkable for accuracy.

Under his reign, Henryson, the greatest of the Chaucerian school in Scotland, produced his admirable poems.

The themes of all his more ambitious poems can be traced to Chaucerian sources.

Even here, however, the piece still keeps the Chaucerian form and manner, and is only a kind of exercise.

Something of the kind had partially existed in the case of the Chaucerian poetic; but it was an altogether isolated something.

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