Hux|ley|an

Hux|ley|an
Hux|ley|an or Hux|lei|an «HUHKS lee uhn», adjective.
1. of or characteristic of the English biologist Thomas Henry Huxley, 1825-1895, or his works: »

Huxleyan evolutionism.

2. of or characteristic of the English novelist Aldous Huxley, 1894-1963, or his works: »

a Huxleyan brave new world.


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  • hux — hux·le·ian; hux·ley·an; …   English syllables

  • Hux|lei|an — Hux|ley|an or Hux|lei|an «HUHKS lee uhn», adjective. 1. of or characteristic of the English biologist Thomas Henry Huxley, 1825 1895, or his works: »Huxleyan evolutionism. 2. of or characteristic of the English novelist Aldous Huxley, 1894 1963,… …   Useful english dictionary

  • ley — ake·ley; badde·ley·ite; bai·ley; bar·ley·break; baw·ley; bay·ley·ite; berke·ley; berke·ley·ism; berke·ley·ite; ber·ley; bing·ley; brad·ley·ite; ca·ley; chance med·ley; char·ley; col·ley; cow·ley; craw·ley; doy·ley; dud·ley; dud·ley·ite; far·ley;… …   English syllables

  • huxleyan — hux·ley·an …   English syllables

  • Huxley,Aldous Leonard — Hux·ley (hŭksʹlē), Aldous Leonard. 1894 1963. British writer. His best known work, Brave New World (1932), paints a grim picture of a scientifically organized utopia. * * * …   Universalium

  • Huxley's layer — Hux·ley s layer həks lēz n a layer of the inner stratum of a hair follicle composed of one or two layers of horny flattened epithelial cells with nuclei and situated between Henle s layer and the cuticle next to the hair Huxley Thomas Henry (1825 …   Medical dictionary

  • Huxley layer — Hux·ley layer (huksґle) [Thomas Henry Huxley, English physiologist and naturalist, 1825–1895] see under layer …   Medical dictionary

  • Huxley-Schicht — Hux|ley Schicht [hạkßli...; nach dem engl. Arzt u. Biologen. T.Huxley SchichtH. Huxley, 1825 1895]: = Stratum lucidum (epidermidis) …   Das Wörterbuch medizinischer Fachausdrücke

  • Huxley — Hux|ley, Al|dous (1894 1963) a British writer whose most famous work is ↑Brave New World, about a society of the future where people are completely controlled and have no freedom …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • Huxley — Hux•ley [[t]ˈhʌks li[/t]] n. 1) big Aldous (Leonard), 1894–1963, English novelist, essayist, and critic 2) big Sir Andrew Fielding, born 1917, English physiologist (half brother of Aldous and Sir Julian Sorell) 3) big Sir Julian Sorell, 1887–1975 …   From formal English to slang

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