Shelleyan

[ shel-ee-uh n ]

/ ˈʃɛl i ən /

Also Shel·li·an. of, relating to, or characteristic of Percy Bysshe Shelley or his works.

a student or admirer of the works of Percy Bysshe Shelley.

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First recorded in 1840–50; Shelley + -an

Two different views are taken of this marriage by Shelleyan writers.
The Real Shelley, Vol. II (of 2)|John Cordy Jeaffreson
And yet the Shelleyan enthusiasts go on stubbornly asserting that the poets conduct had nothing to do with the decision.
The Real Shelley, Vol. II (of 2)|John Cordy Jeaffreson
But though they are foredoomed to failure, the Shelleyan Socialists have done and are doing no little harm to individuals.
The Real Shelley, Vol. II (of 2)|John Cordy Jeaffreson
Shelley was by no means such a fool as the Shelleyan enthusiasts would have us think him.
The Real Shelley, Vol. I (of 2)|John Cordy Jeaffreson

The Shelleyan narrative is not historically exact to his doings and experiences in either of his two schools.
The Real Shelley, Vol. I (of 2)|John Cordy Jeaffreson