Car|lyl|e|an

Car|lyl|e|an
Car|lyl|e|an «kahr LY lee uhn», adjective, noun.
–adj.
of or having to do with Thomas Carlyle (1795-1881), a Scottish essayist, historian, and philosopher: »

First there is the hero of Wagnerian dimensions, capable of great public service, as Plutarch would have him, but a Carlylean hero forced to breast the wave of ignorance around him (Atlantic).

–n.
an admirer or imitator of Thomas Carlyle.

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