Thompsonian, n. and a.
(tɒm(p)ˈsəʊnɪən)
[f. the name Thompson (see below) + -ian.]
A. n. An admirer of the work of Francis Thompson (1859–1907), English poet and writer. B. adj. Of, belonging to, or characteristic of Thompson or his work.
| 1913 T. Hardy in V. Meynell Francis Thompson & Wilfrid Meynell (1952) xiii. 198 You may be sure I am a Thompsonian. ? 1921 J. Thomson Remarks on Francis Thompson's Hound of Heaven 9 Nearer than either to the Thompsonian Hound of Heaven..comes the heaven's wingèd hound of Shelley. 1927 Observer 19 June 8 The next in the series is a choice from Francis Thompson's prose... This Thompsonian addition to the ‘handy Harraps’ is no end of a shillingsworth. 1948 Tablet 30 Oct. 282/2 Answering the letters of the growing army of Thompsonians all over the world. 1962 J. Brodrick in F. Thompson St Ignatius Loyola p. xii, He made one precious contribution to Thompsonian psychology. |