Erewhonian

English Etymology From en w:Erewhon ian: the country's name is an approximate reversal of nowhere, from the novel Erewhon (1872) by Samuel Butler (novelist) Samuel Butler. Pronunciation en /ˌɛɹɪˈ(h)wəʊ.ni.ən/ RP en /ˌɛɹəˈ(h)woʊ.ni.ən/ /ˌɛɹəˈ(h)wɑ.ni.ən/ GA en əʊniən ɑniən 5 Adjective Of or pertaining to the fictional land of Erewhon. en 1969 A Lively Corpse Miriam Strauss Weiss 334 This seems to be the customary Erewhonian approach to a problem, this time the problem of the incorporeality of God. en 1974 Guy Davenport Tatlin! The traveller was in Erewhonian clothes to keep him inconspicuous, a conical felt hat with owl feather, yellow tabard, tasselled perizoma, belled sandals, and umbrella. en 2003 Postmodern Approaches to the Short Story Farhat Iftekharuddin; Joseph Boyden 139 The four chapters of Davenport's work generally follow the same scheme. Adriaan calls section one "An Erewhonian Sketchbook" and uses a Napoleonic rather than a Gregorian calendar redesignating the months Messidor (July), Thermidor (August), and Fructidor (September). en 2008 Punishment and Responsibility: Essays in the Philosophy of Law H. L. A. Hart 52 Those opposed to the Erewhonian programme are apt to object that it disregards moral guilt as a necessary condition of a just punishment and thus leads to a condition in which any person may be sacrificed to the welfare of society. en 2015 Victorian Literature and the Physics of the Imponderable Sarah C Alexander 91 The Erewhonian conflation of mechanical energy and capitalist value extends to their attitude toward machinery. Noun An inhabitant of the fictional land of Erewhon. en 2004 The Obsidian Quest Laraine Anne Barker 101 I've never heard of him. What sort of name is that for an Erewhonian? en 2009 The Haunted Man: A Novel Alexander Raju 18 If so, my own history itself is the history of an average Erewhonian! en 2017 History of Macrobiotics (1715-2017) William Shurtleff; Akiko Aoyagi If an Erewhonian plays his role as a martyr with a smile, it is through metaphysical agility. en Fictional locations