Fletcherian, a.
(flɛˈtʃɪərɪən)
[f. the name of John Fletcher (1579–1625), English dramatist + -ian.]
Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of Fletcher or his works.
| 1850 Gentl. Mag. Aug. 119/2 Many passages were strongly marked with the favourite Fletcherian cadence. 1907 Westm. Gaz. 3 Apr. 4/1 It is curious..that FitzGerald should have made his translations of Calderon so strongly Fletcherian in style. 1921 Spectator 19 Feb. 236/2 We all know how this new flower flourished and ramped in the Fletcherian garden and was taken up by the poet's dramatic imitators. 1947 Scrutiny XIV. 318 Anxious to fit the play [sc. Henry VIII] in as the final goal of the Shakespearian progress..he is driven to explain away the limp ‘Fletcherian’ verse. |