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- adjective Of or relating to Robert Burton (1577–1640),
English scholar andwriter .
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Examples
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It's about grownup concerns mortality, memory, marriage, but it's told within a powerfully fairy-tale framework that almost always works with subtlety on the message and with big, Burtonian bravura on the Tale.
Kenneth Hite's Journal princeofcairo 2004
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Burton introduces many obsolete words, makes attacks on various persons, and says fearlessly just what he thinks; but the work has both the Burtonian faults.
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Burton introduces many obsolete words, makes attacks on various persons, and says fearlessly just what he thinks; but the work has both the Burtonian faults.
The Life of Sir Richard Burton Wright, Thomas, 1859-1936 1906
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I stand by my position, "Bestcomm Networks Inc. receives the Burtonian prize of the year for the worst service."
Craig Burton 2008
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"In a word, Bestcomm Networks Inc. receives the Burtonian prize of the year for the worst service."
Craig Burton 2008
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In a word, Bestcomm Networks Inc. receives the Burtonian prize of the year for the worst service.
Craig Burton 2008
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