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Austenite en · NOUN · etymology 1
Pronunciation
- /ˈɑstɪnaɪt/ (cot-caught-merger)
- /ˈɒstɪnaɪt/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- /ˈɔstɪnaɪt/ (General-American)
Etymology
From Austen + -ite (“rock, mineral, or fossil”).
Meanings
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(alt-of, uncountable) Alternative letter-case form of austenite.
Forms
Austenite en · NOUN · etymology 2
Pronunciation
- /ˈɑstɪnaɪt/ (cot-caught-merger)
- /ˈɒstɪnaɪt/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- /ˈɔstɪnaɪt/ (General-American)
Etymology
From Austen + -ite (“follower or adherent of a specified person”).
Meanings
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a fan or admirer of Jane Austen; someone who studies the works of Jane Austen.
Towards the end of his life, Twain took Jane Austen as one of his stock jibes and the items collected here (No. 23), dating from 1896 to 1909, show how much he enjoyed needling his Austenite friends, Howells in particular.
1996, B. C. Southam, Jane Austen: The Critical Heritage: 1870–1940, Routledge, page 74:[I]t seems a pity that they should not form a volume in one of the neat series of Jane Austen's novels now published, as to a real Austenite they contain much that is valuable, and are full of characteristic touches.
1907, G. E. Mitton, Jane Austen and Her Times, Methuen & Co., Chapter 5: The Novels
Forms
Synonyms
Janeite · Austenian