Shelleyan

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[shel-ee-uhn] / ˈʃɛl i ən /

adjective

1. Also Shellian. of, relating to, or characteristic of Percy Bysshe Shelley or his works.

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noun

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

Etymology

Origin of Shelleyan

First recorded in 1840–50; Shelley + -an

Example Sentences

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Shelleyan

Thus Wordsworth shrank back into Toryism, as it were, from a Shelleyan extreme of pantheism as yet disembodied.

From The Victorian Age in Literature by Chesterton, G. K. (Gilbert Keith)

There are many good Shelleyan reasons why he should elope with Harriet; but among them all I do not find that spontaneous and unsophisticated feeling, which is the substance of enduring love.

From Percy Bysshe Shelley by Symonds, John Addington

Most of Mary’s novels present the contrast of the Shelleyan and Byronic types.

From The Life and Letters of Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, Volume II (of 2) by Marshall, Florence A. Thomas

We may catch some fleeting echoes of Keats's melody in 'Pippa Passes'; it is almost a commonplace that some measure of Shelleyan fancy is recognizable in 'Pauline'.

From Life and Letters of Robert Browning by Browning, Robert

Yet, though the Shelleyan affinities of Browning are here visible enough, his point of view is clearly distinct.

From Robert Browning by Herford, C. H. (Charles Harold)