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• kar-l[=i]l'[=e]z, n. the vigorous, irregular, hypermetaphorical literary style and phraseology peculiar to Thomas Carlyle (1795-1881).--adjs. CARLYL'ESQUE, CARLYL'[=E]AN.--n. CARLYL'ISM.

1908 - Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary of the English Language
By Thomas Davidson