Miltonic

American  

[mil-ton-ik] / mɪlˈtɒn ɪk /

Also Miltonian

adjective

1. of or relating to the poet Milton or his writings.

2. resembling Milton's majestic style.

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Miltonic British  

/ mɪlˈtəʊnɪən, mɪlˈtɒnɪk /

adjective

1. characteristic of or resembling Milton's literary style, esp in being sublime and majestic

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Other Word Forms

Derived Forms

• pseudo-Miltonic
  adjective

Etymology

Origin of Miltonic

First recorded in 1700–10; Milton + -ic

Example Sentences

There is nothing like her humor, or Shakespeare’s, or Dante’s, or Dickens’s or Dostoyevsky’s, in ancient tragedy or in our young Miltonic prigs who are writing intense novels just now.

From New York Times • Oct. 21, 2021

As for the Miltonic saga of Dodge’s godhood, which gradually comes to dominate the narrative, Stephenson more or less gives us a cyber-“Silmarillion.”

From Washington Post • Jun. 16, 2019

The poem is marginal doodling of a very high order, Miltonic graffiti that asserts its power by being at once polished and rash.

From The New Yorker • Nov. 13, 2016

What other Miltonic Easter eggs should we look out for?

From Slate • Nov. 5, 2015

I blended Catholicism with borrowed insights from Sartre and Zen and Buber and Miltonic Protestantism.

From "Hunger of Memory" by Richard Rodriguez