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Morrisian en · ADJ

Etymology

From Morris + -ian.

Meanings

  1. Of or relating to William Morris (1834–1896), English writer, artist and socialist activist.
    • a Morrisian utopia
  2. Of or relating to Jan Morris (1926–2020), Welsh writer and journalist.
    • The port of embarkation for a postjournalistic life was Venice, and the first recognisably Morrisian work was a biography of the city (1960), “less a case of finding a voice and more the voice finding something that was right for it”. 2020 November 20, Veronica Horwell, “Jan Morris obituary”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:

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