Macaulayan

adjective

Ma·​cau·​lay·​an

məˈkȯlēən

: of, relating to, or resembling the English writer Macaulay

a Macaulayan style

Word History

Etymology

Thomas Babington Macaulay, 1st Baron Macaulay †1859 English writer and statesman + English -an

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