Lawrentian
English
Etymology
From Lawrence + -ian.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /lɒˈɹɛnʃən/
- Homophones: Laurencian, Laurentian
Adjective
Lawrentian (comparative more Lawrentian, superlative most Lawrentian)
- Of or pertaining to the author T. E. Lawrence or his works or style of writing.
- 1999, David Platten, Michel Tournier and the Metaphor of Fiction, Liverpool 1999, p. 150:
- Once in Paris, Idriss meets the unlikely aristocrat Sigisbert de Beaufond, who regales him with a desert drama of Lawrentian proportions.
- 1999, David Platten, Michel Tournier and the Metaphor of Fiction, Liverpool 1999, p. 150:
- Of or pertaining to the author D. H. Lawrence or his works or style of writing.
- 2007, Lucy Mangan, The Guardian, 22 Jun 2007, G2, p. 11:
- Head to the countryside, says Quickies, and have lots of sex in barns and stables that throb with Lawrentian promise.
- 2007, Lucy Mangan, The Guardian, 22 Jun 2007, G2, p. 11: