Websterian

On the success of Noah Webster's dictionary: "As a result the word Websterian—meaning 'invested with lexical authority'—rapidly entered the language..."

languagehat.com: MORE BAD WRITING. 2004

And the basic tenet of racism is not that "there are differences between the races" or whatever Websterian bullshit semantic game you want to trot out: The basic tenet of racism is white supremacy.

Seeing What's Been Broken For Centuries 2009

And the basic tenet of racism is not that "there are differences between the races" or whatever Websterian bullshit semantic game you want to trot out: The basic tenet of racism is white supremacy.

Archive 2009-09-01 2009

OED: Websterian (wEb'stI@rI@n), a.1 Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of Webster's Dictionary (see prec.) or any of its later versions or abridgements.

languagehat.com: MORE BAD WRITING. 2004

Middleton devoted his versatile talent to whatever kind of play was in vogue, now rather to Websterian tragedy and Fletcherian tragi-comedy than to realistic comedy.

The Facts About Shakespeare William Allan Nielson

Websterian head, though the large, firm mouth and admirably moulded chin rather recalled those of Henry Clay.

A Political History of the State of New York, Volumes 1-3 DeAlva Stanwood Alexander

If he had been inclined to corpulency, his frame was ample to build upon for a man of Websterian proportions, but he was not so inclined; on the contrary, he simulated other great men in his personality -- Jackson, or our modern Abraham Lincoln.

Brook Farm John Thomas Codman

Websterian sort, massive and logical, but rather of that magnetic kind which wins and sways an audience at will, sometimes to smiles and then to tears, but always with definite persuasion.

The American Missionary — Volume 42, No. 02, February, 1888 Various

Gould, in 1867, belabored the editions of 1854 and 186617 and complained that “for the past twenty-five years the Websterian replies have uniformly been bitter in tone, and very free in the imputation of personal motives, or interested or improper motives, on the part of opposing critics.

Chapter 8. American Spelling. 2. The Influence of Webster Henry Louis 1921

Besides its clergy, Boston showed a literary group, led by Ticknor, Prescott, Longfellow, Motley, O.W. Holmes; but Mr. Adams was not one of them; as a rule they were much too Websterian.

Boston (1848–1854) 1918