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- adjective Of or pertaining to Thomas Stearns Eliot (1888–1965), American-born poet, playwright, and literary critic.
Etymologies
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Eliot + -ian
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Examples
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It is none too easy for the poets to imbibe/inherit or create an identity--much less a 'tradition' in the Eliotian sense--of their own amidst such a wide-ranging cultural diversity.
Archive 2009-08-01 Rus Bowden 2009
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It is none too easy for the poets to imbibe/inherit or create an identity--much less a 'tradition' in the Eliotian sense--of their own amidst such a wide-ranging cultural diversity.
News at Eleven: Unlike most other countries-- Rus Bowden 2009
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I might have a problem with quotation of the Eliotian sort, just because I don’t like Eliot very much.
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