Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of the English poet Chaucer or his writings: as, Chaucerian English.
- noun A student of Chaucer.
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- adjective Of or pertaining to
Geoffrey Chaucer or his writings. - noun A
poet influenced byChaucer .
Etymologies
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Examples
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"Chaucerian" stanzas are really not so much Chaucer's as Masefield's.
A Study of Poetry Bliss Perry 1907
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The readings in old English were done in a very unconvincing "Chaucerian" pronunciation, which would have been incomprehensible to most people.
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph 2011
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Let us close with a Chaucerian saying just as appropriate for highlighting the deluded nature of Inhofe's witticism.
Edward Flattau: A Sick Joke Edward Flattau 2011
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Those who juggle a subscription to both Heat magazine and Chaucerian Times may wish to peek at The Private Lives Of Medieval Kings Mon, 9pm, BBC4.
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From the literary point of view the book becomes a little formless at the end, but until then it retains its Chaucerian compression.
From the archive, 23 January 1959: Lolita and its critics 2012
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Let us close with a Chaucerian saying just as appropriate for highlighting the deluded nature of Inhofe's witticism.
Edward Flattau: A Sick Joke Edward Flattau 2011
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Some people wanna fill the world with silly love songs, declared Paul McCartney, back in the days before his own love life turned into a Chaucerian cautionary tale about the follies of age and the wiles of youth and beauty.
Sir Paul, you're a credit to your love songs | Stephanie Merritt 2011
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If you wish to justify an archaic usage, than we should all sfeake and sfell Chaucerian English, to be fair.
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(Thanks to Chaucerian to alerting me to this article.)
Archive 2008-05-01 2008
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His story would be engaging enough on its own, but despite its Chaucerian title, there are many more stories here than just this widower's tale.
"The Widower's Tale," by Julia Glass Donna Rifkind 2010
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