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- adjective Of or pertaining to Evelyn Waugh (1903-1966) or his writings, mostly characterized by
satire and a preoccupation with theBritish aristocracy .
Etymologies
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Examples
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Putting on my Secret Maureen Dowd Decoder Ring, I can also analogise this campaign into Waughian terms.
Obama "had yet to learn to be laught at" and sometimes "a deeper shade of hauteur... overspread his features." Ann Althouse 2008
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The younger members of the cast hold up well against this established group of scene-stealers, particularly Fenella Woolgar--- a Waughian name if ever there was one--- as a high-society dame who, like Mr Toad, goes completely insane the second she gets behind the wheel of a motorcar.
I Hab' a Co'de Walter Jon Williams 2007
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The younger members of the cast hold up well against this established group of scene-stealers, particularly Fenella Woolgar--- a Waughian name if ever there was one--- as a high-society dame who, like Mr Toad, goes completely insane the second she gets behind the wheel of a motorcar.
Archive 2007-04-01 Walter Jon Williams 2007
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