BOSWELLIAN
\bəswˈɛli͡ən], \bəswˈɛliən], \b_ə_s_w_ˈɛ_l_iə_n]\
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Relating to, or characteristic of, Boswell, the biographer of Dr. Johnson.
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Relating to, or characteristic of, Dr. Johnson's biographer, James Boswell, whose hero worship made his narrative a faithful but often uncritical record of details.
By Oddity Software
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Relating to, or characteristic of, Boswell, the biographer of Dr. Johnson.
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Relating to, or characteristic of, Dr. Johnson's biographer, James Boswell, whose hero worship made his narrative a faithful but often uncritical record of details.
By Noah Webster.
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bos-wel'li-an, adj. after the manner of Boswell, the famous biographer of Samuel Johnson.--v.i. BOS'WELLISE, to write after the manner of Boswell--full of an absolute admiration for one's hero and interest in him descending to the smallest particulars.--n. BOS'WELLISM.
By Thomas Davidson
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