Richardsonian

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English

Etymology

From Richardson +‎ -ian.

Pronunciation

Adjective

Richardsonian (comparative more Richardsonian, superlative most Richardsonian)

  1. Of or relating to Henry Hobson Richardson (1838–1886), American architect, or the Romanesque style that he popularised.
    • 1993, Jay C. Henry, Architecture in Texas: 1895-1945:
      A. O. Watson of Austin and Eugene T. Heiner of Houston collaborated to produce a very credible Richardsonian court house for DeWitt County in Cuero (1894 - 1896; Fig. 2.06), perhaps modeled on Richardson's Allegheny County Courthouse in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
    • 2001, Oliver P. Williams, County Courthouses of Pennsylvania: A Guide, page 95:
      The Richardsonian model in nearby Pittsburgh is reflected in the building's surface texture, the 188-foot square tower, arcaded windows, arched entryways, ans stone foliage carvings.
    • 2009, Robert Winter, An Arch Guidebook to Los Angeles, page 16:
      Most Richardsonian buildings in Los Angeles have disappeared.
  2. Of or relating to Samuel Richardson (1689–1761), English writer known for his epistolary novels.
    • 1967, Philip Stevick, Theory of the Novel, page 382:
      In fact, Fielding's inability to understand Richardson is mainly the result of his inability to understand Richardsonian complexity of characterization.
    • 2006, Brean Hammond, Shaun Regan, Making the Novel: Fiction and Society in Britain, 1660-1789:
      Sexually frank and verbally inventive, Cleland's text constitutes an intriguing response to the dual claims of Richardsonian and Fieldingesque fiction.
    • 2011, James Fowler, New Essays on Diderot, page 6:
      La Religieuse has often been called a 'Richardsonian' novel.
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