Dickensian

English 2022 February 7 thumb|A 1860s 1 photographic portrait by Augustin Rischgitz of the English author Charles Dickens. Etymology From en Dickens the surname of Charles Dickens (1812–1870) -ian suffix forming adjectives or nouns meaning ‘belonging to, relating to, or like’.adj. and n 52265 June 2019 1; adj Pronunciation en /dɪˈkɛn.zɪ.ən/ RP en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Dickensian.wav Southern England en /dəˈkɛn.zi.ən/ GA en En-us-Dickensian.ogg GA en Dick ens i an Adjective Of, pertaining to, or created by the English author Charles Dickens. Similar to Dickens' writing style, especially in commenting on society, or in using emotion, humour, or rich descriptions. en Dickenesque Dickensesque Dickensish Dickens-like Dickensy en a Dickensian name Reminiscent of the environments and situations most commonly portrayed in Dickens' writings, such as poverty, social injustice, and other aspects of Victorian England. en Dickenesque Dickensesque Dickensish Dickens-like Dickensy en 1951 October R. S. McNaught Lines of Approach Railway Magazine 704 At last the first glimpse from a bridge of an open-top red bus, and a noticeable darkening of the atmosphere from the smoke of London: then the increasingly dingy stations with double-barrel names, set amid what has always been to me the outstanding feature of the "Premier Line" approach to London—the positively marvellous display of crazy chimney-pots on the grey inner suburban houses. As many as twenty, all of varying style, standing together like ranks of jagged teeth, and providing a Dickensian back-cloth which no other route can boast. en Cecil D. Eby Playing the Game The Road to Armageddon: The Martial Spirit in English Popular Literature 1870–1914 Durham, N.C.; London w:Duke University Press 1988 89 https://books.google.com/books?id=Vxwl2V9U5VwC&pg=PA89 978-0-8223-0775-4 As though in expiation of their sires' wealth, schoolboys often had to live in conditions that would have disgraced a Dickensian workhouse. en w:William Sloane Coffin A Vision of the Future A Passion for the Possible: A Message to U.S. Churches Louisville, Ky. Westminster/John Knox Press 1993 10 https://archive.org/details/passionforpossib0000coff_d0f7/page/10/mode/1up 978-0-664-25428-5 As earlier implied, the planet is threatened on three major fronts: (3) by a Dickensian world of wretched excess and wretched despair. en Tim Moore Prologue Frost on My Moustache: The Arctic Exploits of a Lord and a Loafer New York, N.Y. St. Martin’s Griffin, St. Martin’s Press February 2001 2 https://archive.org/details/frostonmymoustac00moor/page/2/mode/1up 978-0-312-25319-6 Down in the subway under the roundabout the looming social ordeal started to weigh down on me, By the time I pressed a huge and over-polished brass bell I'd devolved into a shifty-eyed, cinder-cheeked Dickensian urchin, and when the door opened I half expected to see Mrs Bridges throw up her fat, floury hands and scream for the cook's boy. en Alan Wheatley China getting higher marks for tackling piracy w:Reuters https://web.archive.org/web/20100423034337/https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSPEK32802920080915 23 April 2010 15 September 2008 Leaning against piracy fits in with China's desire to cast off its image of a country where exploited workers toil for a pittance in Dickensian factories that turn the air and water black with the pollution they discharge. Derived terms en Dickensianism Dickensianly Related terms en Dickenesque, en Dickensesque en Dickensiana en Dickensish en Dickensite archaic en Dickensy Translations of, pertaining to, or created by the English author Charles Dickens Catalan: ca dickensià Czech: cs dickensovský Finnish: fi dickensiläinen French: fr dickensien German: de Dickensisch similar to Dickens’ writing style Catalan: ca dickensià reminiscent of the environments and situations most commonly portrayed in Dickens’ writings, such as poverty, social injustice, and other aspects of Victorian England Catalan: ca dickensià Czech: cs dickensovský Estonian: et dikenslik Finnish: fi dickensiläinen French: fr dickensien German: de dickensisch Greek: el ντικενσιανό n Spanish: es dickensiano Noun A person who admires or studies the works of Charles Dickens. en archaic Dickensite Translations person who admires or studies the works of Charles Dickens References Further reading Charles Dickens en eponyms proper adjectives en Charles Dickens People