Coleridgean

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Showing the mysterious, imaginative ideas found in Coleridge's poems

adjective
/ˌkoʊlərˈɪdʒən/

Literature

: coleridgeano

Her poem displays a distinctly Coleridgean sense of the mysterious and sublime.

Examples

The critic praised the Coleridgean imagination evident in the novel's structure.
He wrote an essay on Coleridgean themes in English Romantic literature.
This is a Coleridgean poem.
The poem has a distinctly Coleridgean quality.
Her poem displays a distinctly Coleridgean sense of the mysterious and sublime.
He wrote an essay on Coleridgean themes in English Romantic literature.
The critic praised the Coleridgean imagination evident in the novel's structure.

Synonyms

Coleridgian

vsColeridgean

Literature

1 9.9

Showing the style or ideas of the poet Coleridge

is identical in meaning but represents a different spelling form

Surface Forms

Coleridgean positive

Morphology

Coleridgean = Coleridge (transparent) = Coleridge + ean

Standard adjectival formation from the proper name 'Coleridge' using the suffix '-ean', meaning 'of or relating to Coleridge', which is directly derived.

Etymology

Coleridgean comes from the name Coleridge, after the poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge, and the ending -an, which means 'relating to'. It describes things like his ideas or style, so a Coleridgean work feels mysterious, imaginative, and often awe-inspiring.