Balzacian, a. and n.
(bælˈzækɪən)
[f. the name of the French novelist H. de Balzac (1799–1850) + -ian.]
A. adj. Of or pertaining to or characteristic of Balzac or his style.
| 1874 Geo. Eliot Let. 16 June (1956) VI. 57 The Balzacian view of Paris. 1892 W. James Let. 11 Apr. (1920) I. 318 He is a real Balzackian figure—a regular porker, coarse, vulgar, vain, cunning, mendacious. 1927 Observer 1 May 6 There might seem a Balzacian pathos about it. 1958 Spectator 4 July 33/1 Balzacian characters set against a Boudin coast-scape. |
B. n. An authority on or student of the writings of Balzac.
| 1905 Daily Chron. 10 May 3/3 Mr. Helm is a discriminating Balzacian. 1923 A. Huxley On Margin xviii. 131 Balzacians will remember the advertisements composed by Finot and the Illustrious Gaudissard. |