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Tennysonian

Tennysonian \Ten`ny*so"ni*an\, a. Of or pertaining to Alfred (Lord) Tennyson, the English poet (1809-92); resembling, or having some of the characteristics of, his poetry, as simplicity, pictorial quality, sensuousness, etc.

Usage examples of "tennysonian".

He thought-along Tennysonian lines-that she was a delightful creature.

Her virgin fancy demands the Tennysonian ideal, the grave and knightly Arthur.

In the way the girl wailed forth some of her Tennysonian lines he detected a faint gleam as of something pearly in deep water.

Measured by the Tennysonian standard it is often needlessly rugged and eccentric.