Addisonian

English

Alternative forms

• addisonian

Etymology

From Addison +‎ -ian.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌædɪˈsəʊ.ni.ən/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˌædɪˈsoʊ.ni.ən/
• Rhymes: -əʊniən

Adjective

Addisonian (comparative more Addisonian, superlative most Addisonian)

1. Of or relating to Joseph Addison (1672–1719), English writer and politician.
   • 1895, Marie Corelli, The Sorrows of Satan: or The Strange Experience of One Geoffrey Tempest, Millionaire […], 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: J[oshua] B[allinger] Lippincott Company, published 1896, →OCLC, page 10:

     What goes down with them and with the public is a bit of sensational realism told in terse newspaper English. Literary English,—Addisonian English,—is a mistake.

2. Of or relating to Addison's disease

   Addisonian crisis

   Addisonian pernicious anaemia

Derived terms

• Addisonianism

Translations

relating to Addison's disease

Portuguese: addisoniano, addissoniano Spanish: addisoniano