Shaftesburian
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Shaftesbury + -an.
Adjective
[edit]Shaftesburian (not comparable)
- Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of Anthony Ashley-Cooper, of his writings, or of his philosophical doctrines.
- 1787, Sir John Hawkins, The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.[1], page 255:
- Johnſon bore [the 3rd Lord Shaftesbury] no good will, neither did he ſeem at all to reliſh the cant of the Shafteſburian ſchool.