Grandisonian
English
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˌɡɹæn.dɪˈsəʊ.ni.ən/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˌɡɹæn.dəˈsoʊ.ni.ən/
- Rhymes: -əʊniən
Adjective
Grandisonian (comparative more Grandisonian, superlative most Grandisonian)
- scrupulously moral and chivalrous, like the fictional Sir Charles Grandison in The History of Sir Charles Grandison (1753), an epistolary novel by Samuel Richardson.