maeterlinckian

maeterlinckian
\\|mā]d.ə(r)|liŋkēən, |me], ]tə- sometimes |mä] or |ma] or |mȧ]\ adjective
Usage: usually capitalized
Etymology: Maurice Maeterlinck died 1949 Belgian poet, dramatist, and essayist + English -ian
: of, characteristic of, or resembling Maeterlinck or his writings

writing a symbolic Maeterlinckian drama — Agnes Repplier


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  • Maeterlinckian — adjective see Maeterlinck …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • maeterlinckian — mae·ter·linck·ian …   English syllables

  • Maeterlinck — Maeterlinckian, adj. /may teuhr lingk /; Fr. /mann terdd laonn /; Flemish. /mah terdd lingk /, n. Comte Maurice Fr. /moh rddees /, 1862 1947, Belgian poet, dramatist, and essayist: Nobel prize 1911. * * * …   Universalium

  • Maeterlinck — biographical name Maurice Polydore Marie Bernard 1862 1949 Belgian poet, dramatist, & essayist • Maeterlinckian adjective …   New Collegiate Dictionary

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