Lawrentian

English

Etymology

From Lawrence +‎ -ian. Piecewise doublet of Laurencian and Laurentian; compare also lawrencium.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /lɒˈɹɛnʃən/
• Homophones: Laurencian, Laurentian

Adjective

Lawrentian (comparative more Lawrentian, superlative most Lawrentian)

1. Of or pertaining to the author T. E. Lawrence or his works or style of writing.
   • 1999, David Platten, Michel Tournier and the Metaphor of Fiction, Liverpool, published 1999, page 150:

     Once in Paris, Idriss meets the unlikely aristocrat Sigisbert de Beaufond, who regales him with a desert drama of Lawrentian proportions.

2. Of or pertaining to the author D. H. Lawrence or his works or style of writing.
   • 2007 June 22, Lucy Mangan, The Guardian, G2, p. 11:

     Head to the countryside, says Quickies, and have lots of sex in barns and stables that throb with Lawrentian promise.