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PRONUNCIATION OF BOSWELLIAN

Boswellian  [bɒzˈwɛlɪən] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF BOSWELLIAN

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Boswellian is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES BOSWELLIAN MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Boswellian

James Boswell

James Boswell, 9th Laird of Auchinleck was a lawyer, diarist, and author born in Edinburgh, Scotland. He is best known for the biography he wrote of one of his contemporaries, the English literary figure Samuel Johnson, which the modern Johnsonian critic Harold Bloom has claimed is the greatest biography written in the English language. Boswell's surname has passed into the English language as a term for a constant companion and observer, especially one who records those observations in print. In A Scandal in Bohemia, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's character Sherlock Holmes affectionately says of Dr. Watson, who narrates the tales, "I am lost without my Boswell."...

Definition of Boswellian in the English dictionary

The definition of Boswellian in the dictionary is of or relating to James Boswell, the Scottish author and lawyer.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH BOSWELLIAN


Anatolian
ˌænəˈtəʊlɪən
Australian
ɒˈstreɪlɪən
Boolean
ˈbuːlɪən
cerulean
sɪˈruːlɪən
chameleon
kəˈmiːlɪən
Chellean
ˈʃɛlɪən
Chilean
ˈtʃɪlɪən
Cromwellian
krɒmˈwɛlɪən
ganglion
ˈɡæŋɡlɪən
Machiavellian
ˌmækɪəˈvɛlɪən
mammalian
mæˈmeɪlɪən
Maximilian
ˌmæksɪˈmɪlɪən
mongolian
mɒŋˈɡəʊlɪən
napoleon
nəˈpəʊlɪən
Orwellian
ɔːˈwɛlɪən
Pantagruelian
ˌpæntəɡruːˈɛlɪən
Sabellian
səˈbɛlɪən
Sicilian
sɪˈsɪlɪən
stellion
ˈstɛlɪən
Wesleyan
ˈwɛzlɪən

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE BOSWELLIAN

Bossuet
bossy
bossyboots
bostangi
bosthoon
boston
Boston baked beans
Boston bluefish
Boston bull terrier
Boston crab
Boston fern
Boston ivy
Boston matrix
Boston Tea Party
Boston terrier
Bostonian
bostryx
bosun
Boswell
Bosworth Field

WORDS THAT END LIKE BOSWELLIAN

Abbevillian
Anglian
Brazilian
carnelian
Castilian
Churchillian
civilian
Dalian
gorillian
Hegelian
Italian
Julian
kalian
Lucullian
rampallian
reptilian
Somalian
South Australian
Tertullian
vaudevillian

Synonyms and antonyms of Boswellian in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «Boswellian» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF BOSWELLIAN

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Translator English - Chinese

Boswellian
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

Boswellian
570 millions of speakers

English

Boswellian
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

Boswellian
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

Boswellian
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

босвеллиевых
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

boswelliano
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

Boswellian
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

Boswellian
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Boswellian
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Boswellian
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

Boswellian
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

Boswellian
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Boswellian
85 millions of speakers
vi

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Boswellian
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

Boswellian
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

बॉझवेलियन
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Boswellian
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

boswelliano
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Boswellian
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

Босвелліевих
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

boswelliană
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

Μποσβελιανό
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

Boswellian
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

Boswellian
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

Boswellian
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of Boswellian

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «BOSWELLIAN»

The term «Boswellian» is barely ever used and occupies the 198.130 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «BOSWELLIAN» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about Boswellian

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BOSWELLIAN»

Discover the use of Boswellian in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to Boswellian and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Boswellian Hero
Although The Boswellian Hero promises to establish its importance in Boswell studies immediately, it will also be of significant interest to readers concerned with the hero in literature, with biography as a narrative form, and with the ...
William C. Dowling, 2008
2
Anatole France Himself: A Boswellian Record
This is a new release of the original 1925 edition.
Jean-Jacques Brousson, John Pollock, 2013
3
Boswellian: The Commonplace Book of James Boswell
Because this work is culturally important, we have made it available as a part of our commitment to protecting, preserving and promoting the world's literature.
Charles Rogers, 2010
4
Boswellian: The Commonplace Book of James Boswell
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923.
Grampian Club (London), Rogers Charles, 2010
5
Boswellian: The Commonplace Book of James Boswell
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923.
James Boswell, Charles Rogers, 2010
6
Anatole France Himself - A Boswellian Record
The writing of this book has afforded him pleasure in his leisure moments, and that pleasure would be much increased if he knew that the perusal of it would create any bond of sympathy between himself and the angling community in general.
Jean Jacques Brousson, 2007
7
Notes and Queries
No BosWellian listening spirit has left on record, for the delight and benefit of posterity, “ the words so nimble and so full of subtilc flame” heard at the famed Mermaid. 0f Ben Jonson's Club, called the Apollo, some interesting reminiscences ...
8
Dead Masters: Mentoring and Intertextuality in Samuel Johnson
Through a series of fresh and novel readings of Johnsonian and Boswellian texts, the book further advances our awareness of the formal complexities of Johnson's writings and the psychological substratum from which they issue.
Anthony W. Lee, 2011
9
The windmill and the giant: double-entry bookkeeping in the ...
Nabokov's numerous allusions to Boswell and Johnson include the Boswellian epigraph (Johnson's celebrated remark that "Hodge shall not be shot"); John Shade's authorship of a "book on Pope," and his acknowledgement that he is " said to ...
Elif Batuman, Stanford University. Dept. of Comparative Literature, 2007
10
Museum of Foreign Literature, Science and Art
Surely the lamentable circumstance is, not that the Boswellian style should have been applied to the history of one great man, but that there should be so few even of the greatest men whose lives could be so dealt with without serious injury to ...

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «BOSWELLIAN»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term Boswellian is used in the context of the following news items.
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On James Boswell and the life of Samuel Johnson
One of the world's great biographers, diarists, and chronicler of enduring friendships, Boswell's surname (Boswell, Boswellian, Boswellism) is ... «RenewAmerica, Mar 15»
2
How Igor Stravinsky Changed Our Lives
Robert Craft followed, Stravinsky's Boswellian chronicler (two of the seven acclaimed volumes covering every aspect of the composer's life had ... «Jewish Daily Forward, Jan 15»
3
Printed By Chimps: Andrew Mueller Interviewed By David Stubbs
Although Mueller touches on his adventures with the likes of U2, The Cure and Pearl Jam, this isn't a mere Boswellian chronicle of the ... «The Quietus, Nov 14»
4
Auchinleck House: Holiday in James Boswell's home
Our house party consisted of friends and family, many with a Boswellian theme – one was a brainbox barrister with an aptitude for making a ... «The Independent, Sep 14»
5
Spiritual Insights Into A Holy War
I wished I had had a recorder with me, or at least took Boswellian notes. Before taking our leave, Fr. Rutler took me up the spiral staircase to his ... «Catholic World Report, May 14»
6
The British Vikings
All the same, on a Boswellian tour of the isles, hardly marred by the high winds that threatened to blow his head off, Bagehot struggled to find ... «The Economist, Feb 14»
7
Orwell: Sage of the Century
... Henry James and Joseph Frank's on Dostoevsky—Hitchens called Complete Works “a Boswellian tribute.” This new edition of Orwell's letters ... «The New Republic, Aug 13»
8
Lloyd Evans isn't fooled by Anna Chancellor's flirtatious scattiness
and she mimes awe-struck Boswellian annotation. Politics infuriates her. 'Why aren't people obsessed with what their kids are learning? «Spectator.co.uk, Jun 13»
9
Agenda: Why James Boswell still matters
What does a life-writer even now try to achieve but that very Boswellian sympathetic inhabitation of another's being, and present it to the wider ... «Herald Scotland, May 13»
10
James Boswell revolutionised the way we see great men – and …
There are certainly temptations in the Boswellian biographical method. One, which one sees a great deal in modern times, is the idea that tiny ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Apr 13»

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