Byronic
English
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Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /baɪˈɹɒn.ɪk/
- (nonstandard) IPA(key): /ˈbaɪrənɪk/
- Rhymes: -ɒnɪk
Adjective
Byronic (comparative more Byronic, superlative most Byronic)
- Of or pertaining to British Romantic poet George Gordon Byron (1788-1824) or his writings.
- 1877, Henry Kendall, “Ode to a Black Gin”, in The Australian Town and Country Journal, page 24:
- You have your lovers - dusky beaus / Not made of the poetic stuff / That sports an Apollonian nose, / And wears a sleek Byronic cuff.
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