Poean

From Poe +‎ -an (suffix meaning ‘of or pertaining to’ forming adjectives).

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈpəʊən/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈpoʊən/

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• Rhymes: -əʊən
• Hyphenation: Poe‧an

Poean (comparative more Poean, superlative most Poean)

1. Synonym of Poe-esque (“of or relating to Edgar Allan Poe (1809–1849), the American poet and writer best known for tales of the macabre and mystery, or to his works; also, suggestive, or in the style, of Poe's works; especially, eerie, Gothic, macabre”).

   Synonyms: Poeish, Poe-like

   • 1902, James A[lbert] Harrison, “Appendix: Poe and [Thomas Holley] Chivers”, in Edgar Allan Poe, edited by James A. Harrison and R[obert] A[rmistead] Stewart, The Complete Poetical Works of Edgar Allan Poe […], New York, N.Y.: Thomas Y[oung] Crowell & Company, →OCLC, page 276:

     The reader may judge for himself of the Poeän echoes in the following stanzas from the collections of 1851 and 1853:— […]

   • 1917 November, “The Finest Collection of Books and Manuscripts of Edgar Allan Poe ever Offered for Sale [An Unknown Book by Edgar Allan Poe]”, in Books, Broadsides, and Autograph Letters Relating to America […] Offered for Sale by the Rosenbach Company […] (Catalogue no. 19), Philadelphia, Pa.: Rosenbach Company, →OCLC, paragraph 1004, page 189:

     The work [English Notes (1842) by Edgar Allan Poe] is a biting satire and in part an able parody on Dicken's [Charles Dickens'] American book. The British character, customs and literary men are treated with a typically Poean vindictiveness.

   • 1986, Arthur Krystal, “Poe, Edgar Allan”, in Jack Sullivan, editor, The Penguin Encyclopedia of Horror and the Supernatural (A Promised Land Production), New York, N.Y.: Viking, →ISBN, page 324, column 1:

     The Poean hero must know what lies shrouded in mystery, must confront what he most fears.

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• Edgar Allan Poe on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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