johnsonian
/d͡ʒɒnˈsəʊnɪ.ən/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.29 in modern English
20
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
4
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Of or pertaining to the English writer and lexicographer Samuel Johnson (1709–1784), or characteristic of his style.
adj
Of or pertaining to Lyndon B. Johnson (1908–1973), American politician and president of the United States from 1963 to 1969.
American usage
adj
Of or pertaining to Boris Johnson (born 1964), English politician and prime minister of the United Kingdom from 2019 to 2022.
British usage
noun
An enthusiast of the works of Samuel Johnson.
Example Sentences
- "With my idea of the rector derived from a picture in the dining-parlour, stiff and stately […]—it was strange to read these letters. They were full of eager, passionate ardour; short homely sentences, right fresh from the heart (very different from the grand Latinised, Johnsonian style of the printed sermon preached before some judge at assize time)."
- "Literary Bengali of prose, during the greater part of the 19th century, was thus a doubly artificial language ; and, with its forms belonging to Middle Bengali, and its vocabulary highly Sanskritised, it could only be compared to a ‘ Modern English ’ with a Chaucerian grammar and a super-Johnsonian vocabulary, if such a thing could be conceived."
- "To stop no-deal, MPs must adopt some Johnsonian ruthlessness and be ready to bring down the prime minister and put someone else, probably Jeremy Corbyn, in his place."
Etymology
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- British English: /d͡ʒɒnˈsəʊnɪ.ən/