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- adjective Of or relating to The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock, a poem by T. S. Eliot, published 1915, marked by
weariness ,regret ,embarrassment , andlonging .
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Examples
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Consequently, George lacks any kind of Prufrockian pathos.
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One of the many marks of Mr. Harbach's versatility as a novelist is his identification of the throwing disorder as a form of "Prufrockian paralysis," linking Henry's meltdown to the despair felt by World War I-era Modernists—an unlikely-sounding connection, yes, but the author makes it work.
Call Me Safe, Ishmael Sam Sacks 2011
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"What makes the scene so boring?" asks Mr. Toohey, with Prufrockian world weariness.
Accidie? Ennui? Sigh . . . Elizabeth Lowry 2011
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Pearson was upset that his Prufrockian destiny was derailed by the Chungs' loss of his garment, thus preventing him from declaring that I grow old . . .
Archive 2007-06-01 Ann Althouse 2007
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At points vainly chasing after the glove or losing it, or seemingly tormented by it when faced with its immediate reality, one can palpably feel the man’s Prufrockian yearning and fear — his inability to bring the moment to its crisis, as it were.
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