Byronic
[bai'rɔnik]
Definition
(a.) Pertaining to, or in the style of, Lord Byron.
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Definition
adj. possessing the characteristics of Lord Byron (1788-1824) or of his poetry overstrained in sentiment or passion cynical and libertine.—adv. Byron′ically.—n. By′ronism.
Editor: Upton
Examples
- A sort of Byronic hero--an amorous conspirator, it strikes me. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
Editor: Upton