Wordsworth
noun
William, 1770–1850, English poet: poet laureate 1843–50.
Wordsworthian
-
a word derived from
Wordsworth.
Example Sentences
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Yurlady comes from a poor family, several generations stuffed into a single small apartment, and the divisions between her and the more bourgeois creative class aren’t melted away by sheer Wordsworthian magic.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 29, 2026
Thorne’s adaptation operates under the Wordsworthian principle that the child is father to the man.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 3, 2021
If Wordsworth promoted self-expression as the quintessence of poetry, his contemporary John Keats, in private correspondence, expressed concerns about what he called “the Wordsworthian or egotistical sublime.”
From The New Yorker ● Oct. 27, 2019
There are expert jokes, passing celebs and moments of access to Wordsworthian glory.
From New York Times ● Dec. 1, 2017
And nothing can be more intensely Wordsworthian than the poems and passages most marked by this visionary power and most directly issuing from this apprehension.
From Oxford Lectures on Poetry by Andrew Cecil Bradley
