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Chaucerian
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English
Etymology
en :af Chaucer -ian + 1
Pronunciation
chô-sîrʹē-ən
en /tʃɔːˈsɪəɹɪ.ən/ UK
en /t͡ʃɔˈsɪɹi.ən/ US
en ɪəɹiən ɪɹiən 4
en Chau cer ian
Adjective
en literature Of or pertaining to Geoffrey Chaucer or his writings.
en 1926 w:Suniti Kumar Chatterji The Origin and Development of the Bengali Language 134 Literary Bengali of prose, during the greater part of the 19th century, was thus a doubly artificial language ; and, with its forms belonging to Middle Bengali, and its vocabulary highly Sanskritised, it could only be compared to a 'Modern English' with a Chaucerian grammar and a super-Johnsonian vocabulary, if such a thing could be conceived.
Derived terms
en Chaucerianism
Translations
of or pertaining to Geoffrey Chaucer or his writings
French: fr chaucérien
Portuguese: pt chauceriano
Noun
en literature A poet influenced by Chaucer.
A student of the works of Chaucer.
en People
en eponyms