Definitions
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- adjective Of or pertaining to Henrik Ibsen (1828–1906), 19th-century
Norwegian playwright ,theatre director , andpoet .
Etymologies
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Examples
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Stingers; but as outspoken as they are true, and just in all their dealings with this Ibsenian craze.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 100, March 21, 1891 Various
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I should, perhaps, explain that this is equivalent to an Ibsenian proposal.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 100, March 21, 1891 Various
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It's the pigstol -- that fatal Norwegian weapon which, in Ibsenian dramas, _never_ shoots straight!
Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 100, May 30, 1891 Various
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-- _T.e Woman_, always well informed, tells us on February 26, that, "owing to numerous applications," Mr. C.T. GREIN is negotiating for the Royalty T.eatre, in order to give another Ibsenian performance.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 100, March 7, 1891 Various
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I have a son who loathes me, and who is either an Ibsenian satire on the Master's own ideals, or else an utterly impossible prig -- I don't know or care which.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 100, May 23, 1891 Various
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Norway is the home of the Ibsenian or stodgy, as distinguished from the stagey, Drama.
This Giddy Globe Oliver Herford 1899
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Ibsenian shadows of heredity, but real live ghosts, handsomely appointed, with chains and groans and wavy wardrobes.
Without Prejudice Israel Zangwill 1895
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