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Brunonian
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English
Etymology
From en Bruno -n- -ian. From en la Bruno Brown, from en la-med brunus brown, from en goh brun brown.
Pronunciation
en /bɹuːˈnəʊ.ni.ən/ RP
en /bɹuˈnoʊ.ni.ən/ GA
en əʊniən 4
Adjective
en eponyms Of or relating to en John Brown (physician, born 1735), Scottish physician who taught that disease was caused by either excessive or inadequate stimulation.
Of or relating to Sir en Thomas Browne, English scholar and author known for his eloquent style.
en Austin Warren The Style of Sir Thomas Browne 1951 The Kenyon Review, vol. 13, no. 4 Hostile criticism has often taken as typical the style of Christian Morals, written at the end of his life and unpublished till 1756—a work showing signs of decadence, in its exaggeration and stiffening of Brunonian traits.
en Leslie Carol Rosier The Knowing of Sir Thomas Browne 2000 Fordham University Dissertations & Theses The dissertation's organizing idea is that each individual Brunonian work exhibits an historically convergent epistemology
Derived terms
en Brunonianism
Noun
A student of en Brown University, Rhode Island, USA.
Coordinate terms
en Brownian Brownism Brownist Brownite