Morrisian

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English

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Etymology

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Morris +‎ -ian

Adjective

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Morrisian (comparative more Morrisian, superlative most Morrisian)

  1. Of or relating to William Morris (1834–1896), English writer, artist and socialist activist.
    a Morrisian utopia
  2. Of or relating to Jan Morris (1926–2020), Welsh writer and journalist.
    • 2020 November 20, Veronica Horwell, “Jan Morris obituary”, in The Guardian[1], →ISSN:
      The port of embarkation for a postjournalistic life was Venice, and the first recognisably Morrisian work was a biography of the city (1960), “less a case of finding a voice and more the voice finding something that was right for it”.