Johnsonian

English Etymology From en Johnson ian. Pronunciation en /d͡ʒɒnˈsəʊnɪ.ən/ UK en əʊniən 4 Adjective Of or pertaining to the English writer and lexicographer Samuel Johnson (1709–1784), or characteristic of his style. en 1853 w:Elizabeth Gaskell Cranford 5 http://www.gutenberg.org/files/394/394-h/394-h.htm With my idea of the rector derived from a picture in the dining-parlour, stiff and stately —it was strange to read these letters. They were full of eager, passionate ardour; short homely sentences, right fresh from the heart (very different from the grand Latinised, Johnsonian style of the printed sermon preached before some judge at assize time). 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. en US politics Of or pertaining to Lyndon B. Johnson (1908–1973), American politician and president of the United States from 1963 to 1969. en UK politics Of or pertaining to Boris Johnson (born 1964), English politician and prime minister of the United Kingdom from 2019 to 2022. en The Guardian view on Johnson v parliament: an unelective dictatorship The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/aug/29/the-guardian-view-on-johnson-v-parliament-an-unelective-dictatorship August 29, 2019 To stop no-deal, MPs must adopt some Johnsonian ruthlessness and be ready to bring down the prime minister and put someone else, probably Jeremy Corbyn, in his place. https://web.archive.org/web/20261018115305/https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/aug/29/the-guardian-view-on-johnson-v-parliament-an-unelective-dictatorship 18 October 2026 Synonyms of or pertaining to Boris Johnson en Borisian Derived terms en Johnsonianism Johnsonianly Noun An enthusiast of the works of Samuel Johnson. A supporter of Boris Johnson. en eponyms