Louis Quatorzian

Louis Quatorzian

English

Etymology

From Louis Quatorze +‎ -ian.

Adjective

Louis Quatorzian (comparative more Louis Quatorzian, superlative most Louis Quatorzian)

1. Pertaining to Louis XIV of France, or the perceived opulence of his court.
   • 1911, Saki, ‘The Unrest-cure’, The Chronicles of Clovis:

     Miss Huddle was unable to decide in her mind whether the action savoured of Louis Quatorzian courtliness or the reprehensible Roman attitude towards the Sabine women.

   • 2002, Colin Jones, The Great Nation, Penguin 2003, p. 18:

     Well before 1700, the surface glamour of court life on which the Louis-Quatorzian myth had been founded had begun to pall.

   • 2009, Paul Sonnino, ‘Plus royaliste que le pape’, War and Religion after Westphalia, p. 21:

     It was a plan of Louis Quatorzian presumption, and we all know what happens to people who push their luck.