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    Such is Shakespeare's cultural impact that his name has even become an adjctive: Shakespearean. The same can be said for Orwell (Orwellian) and Dickens (Dickensian). Do any other writers of note have their surnames turned into adjectives that appear in the dictionary?

    Question #91525. Asked by billythebrit. (Jan 24 08 12:18 PM)


    BRY2K

    		Byronic, and Kafkaesque are two that come to mind, and the ever-popular Machiavellian.

    http://worddaze.blogspot.com/2006/05/may-3-eponymous-adjectives-day.html

    Jan 24 08, 1:14 PM
    Baloo55th

    		Rabelaisian and Johnsonian for another two. Yeatsian is slightly less known but exists. And of course, Chaucerian.

    All in Merriam-Webster

    Jan 24 08, 1:31 PM
    lammas1

    		Shavian (from George Bernard Shaw)

    Jan 24 08, 4:20 PM
    BaronBatty

    		"Pinteresque" is another term that is sometimes used.

    http://www.thefreedictionary.com/Pinteresque

    Also Wellsian, and science fiction fans often use the term "Dickian" to refer to the works of Philip K Dick, the author of "Do Androids Dream Of Electric Sheep" which became known as "Blade Runner."

    Jan 24 08, 5:47 PM
    Arpeggionist

    		Mosaic (from Moses)
    Davidic (from King David)
    Palestrinaic (from the composer Giovanni da Palestrina)
    Alexandrian (from any one of several famous Alexanders in history)
    Jeffersonian (from Thomas Jefferson)
    Kafkaesque (from Franz Kafka)
    Beethovenian (from Ludwig van Beethoven)
    Wagnerian (coined by Brahms, refering to Richard Wagner's luxurious lifestyle)
    Masenetique (from the composer Jules Masenet)
    Elizabethan (from Queen Elizabeth I, comparable with Shakespearean)

    Mendelssohnian (a movement of Judaism founded by Moses Mendelssohn)
    Lutheran (from Martin Luther)
    Marxist (from Karl Marx)
    Stalinist (from Joseph Stalin)
    Caesarian (from any one of the twelve Caesars)
    Frankist (from Jacob Frank)
    Shabbetean (from Shabbetai Tz'vi)
    Sadist(ic) (from the Marquis de Sad, forgive my horrible spelling)

    Darwinian (for Charles Darwin)
    Freudian (for Siegmund Freud)
    Newtonian (for Isaac Newton)
    Gregorian (for the famous popes named Gregory)

    Daltonian (from John Dalton)
    Brownian (I forget the first name of the botanist who discovered Brownian motion)
    Landinic (from Francesco Landini)
    Picardy (again, the first name momentarily escapes me)
    Medician (after the famous Italian family)
    Luxemburger (after the original Dukes of Luxemburg)

    Jan 24 08, 5:48 PM
    zbeckabee

    		Here's a list of eponymous adjectives in English.


    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_eponymous_adjectives_in_English


    Jan 24 08, 10:21 PM

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