Wertherian

English

Etymology

From Werther +‎ -ian.

Adjective

Wertherian (comparative more Wertherian, superlative most Wertherian)

  1. Relating to or reminiscent of The Sorrows of Young Werther (German: Die Leiden des jungen Werthers), an epistolary and loosely autobiographical novel by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, first published in 1774, with a theme of heartbreak leading to suicide.
    Wertherian melancholy
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