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Brunonian en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• /bɹuːˈnəʊ.ni.ən/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /bɹuˈnoʊ.ni.ən/ (General-American)

Etymology

From Bruno + -n- + -ian. From Latin Bruno (“Brown”), from Medieval Latin brunus (“brown”), from Old High German brun (“brown”).

Meanings

1. Of or relating to John Brown (physician, born 1735), Scottish physician who taught that disease was caused by either excessive or inadequate stimulation.
2. Of or relating to Sir Thomas Browne, English scholar and author known for his eloquent style.
   • The dissertation's organizing idea is that each individual Brunonian work exhibits an historically convergent epistemology 2000, Leslie Carol Rosier, “The Knowing of Sir Thomas Browne”, in Fordham University Dissertations & Theses:
   • Hostile criticism has often taken as typical the style of Christian Morals, written at the end of his life and unpublished till 1756—a work showing signs of decadence, in its exaggeration and stiffening of Brunonian traits. 1951, Austin Warren, “The Style of Sir Thomas Browne”, in The Kenyon Review, vol. 13, no. 4:

Forms

Brunonian en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /bɹuːˈnəʊ.ni.ən/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /bɹuˈnoʊ.ni.ən/ (General-American)

Etymology

From Bruno + -n- + -ian. From Latin Bruno (“Brown”), from Medieval Latin brunus (“brown”), from Old High German brun (“brown”).

Meanings

1. A student of Brown University, Rhode Island, USA.

Forms

Coordinates

Brownist · Brownism · Brownite · Brownian