formulistic, a.
(fɔːmjʊˈlɪstɪk)
[f. prec. + -ic.]
Displaying fondness for formulas.
| 1873 Morley Rousseau II. xvi. 310 Its prudential didactics, its formulistic Sociality. [Cf. 1837 Carlyle Fr. Rev. III. iv. vi. (1871) 162 The uncalculating Spirit of Jacobinism, and Sansculottic sansformulistic Frenzy!] |