Shavian
[shey-vee-uh n]
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adjective
of, relating to, or characteristic of George Bernard Shaw or his works: Shavian humor.
noun
a specialist in the study of the works of George Bernard Shaw.
Origin of Shavian
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Historical Examples of shavian
An Irishman may like romance, but he will say, to use a frequent Shavian phrase, that it is "only romance."
George Bernard ShawGilbert K. Chesterton
I shouldn't wonder if they was something in the talk of this man Shaw or Shavian—I see the name spelled both ways in the papers.
Somewhere in Red GapHarry Leon Wilson
He converses with Don Juan and a couple of other blas mortals, uttering Shavian iconoclasms with an air of courteous boredom.
The Supernatural in Modern English FictionDorothy Scarborough
The Shavian devil in contradistinction to the Baudelairian fiend does bitterly complain that he is so little appreciated on earth.
Devil StoriesVarious
It is now partly possible to justify the Shavian method of putting the explanations before the events.
George Bernard ShawGilbert K. Chesterton
Shavian
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