Byronic
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- adjective
- /baɪˈrɒnɪk/
- Literature
- The Byronic protagonist wandered through the misty moors, embodying the spirit of rebellion and mystery.
- Byronic hero
- Byronic young man
Examples
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"Actually, you said he was a brooding Byronic hero, or words to that effect, and I never did really understand what you meant by that."
Fiction book (1996) -
As for personal traits, it's extremely effective to write him as a caricature of the Byronic hero.
Blog text (22) -
The Byronic hero started as a unique, novel individual.
Academic text (1990) -
His Byronic good looks and homemade darkness made him a favorite among all classmates.
Academic text (2005) -
He's a lofty, Byronic figure.
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Manliness loves being embattled, says the Byronic professor and washer-upper, and alone against the world.
Blog text (6) -
A sly authorial comment reveals itself in the Byronic couplet, too.
Academic text (2003) -
It was because of the strange level of detail, more than anything else, that she knew he was folding her up, putting her away in a past that was barely his because it marked a time before his mind had been so "wonderfully altered" - his phrase - by courses like 'Love in the Byronic Age' and 'The Divine Concept in Islamic Thought.'
Academic text (2007) -
Mourning the loss of my youthful imagination as well as the loss of Rita and the Wolf, for, in truth, it had been my own imagination that had created the Byronic fugitive genius who now sat before me in rags and in lachrymose subjection.
Fiction book (1998) -
He portrayed a Byronic hero, full of passion and inner turmoil, in his latest novel.
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Etymology
Byronic comes from the name of the English poet Lord Byron, whose heroes were romantic, mysterious and often troubled. A helpful way to remember it is to think of a Byronic hero as a dark, moody rebel with a secret pain, which is why the word means 'romantic, rebellious, and troubled'.