Omarian

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Omar (Omar Khayyam) +‎ -ian

Adjective[edit]

Omarian (comparative more Omarian, superlative most Omarian)

  1. In the style of the Persian poet Omar Khayyam, especially the Edward Fitzgerald translation of Omar Khayyam's quatrains, The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám: The Astronomer-Poet of Persia (1859).
    • 1894 December 26, The Sketch, London, page 396, column 1:
      The menu card was designed by Mr. Arthur Hacker, and further enriched by some charming verses in Omarian quatrains from Mr. Le Gallienne, who read them to a sympathetic audience.

Noun[edit]

Omarian (plural Omarians)

  1. A poet writing in the style of the Persian poet Omar Khayyam, especially the Edward Fitzgerald translation of Omar Khayyam's quatrains, The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám: The Astronomer-Poet of Persia (1859).
    • 1902 February 22, The Athenæum, London, page 225, column 1:
      Now long before the great vogue of Omar Khayyam, and, of course, long before the institution of the Omar Khayyam Club, there was a little group of Omarians of which I was a member.