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Bourbonic en · ADJ

Etymology

From Bourbon + -ic.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Of or relating to the House of Bourbon.
    • The upper part of the face is decidedly of a Bourbonic cast, while the mouth and lower part resemble the House of Hapsburg. I also observed, to my surprise, that many of his gestures were similar to those peculiar to the Bourbons. 1887, Augusta de Grasse Stevens, The lost Dauphin: Louis XVII, or Onwarenhiiaki the Indian Iroquois chief, page 106:
  2. (not-comparable) Having the Bourbons' obstinately conservative style of government.

Relateds

Bourbonian · Bourbonist · Bourbonism