Whitmanian

English

Etymology

Whitman +‎ -ian

Adjective

Whitmanian (comparative more Whitmanian, superlative most Whitmanian)

  1. Of or relating to the American poet Walt Whitman (1819–1892).
    • 1988, Edmund White, The Beautiful Room is Empty, New York: Vintage International, 1994, Chapter Five,
      But the Beats, despite their appealing cult of drugs and Whitmanian sincerity, lacked the cool elegance Lou venerated.
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