Meanings
comparative more Byronic · superlative most Byronic
- Of or pertaining to British Romantic poet George Gordon Byron (1788–1824) or his writings.
You have your lovers - dusky beaus / Not made of the poetic stuff / That sports an Apollonian nose, / And wears a sleek Byronic cuff.
1877, Henry Kendall, “Ode to a Black Gin”, in The Australian Town and Country Journal, page 241 more example
This 34 letter word [supercaliflawjalisticexpialadoshus] is not to be found in the dictionary. Perhaps that is because Noah [Webster] couldn’t take time off from Byronic English themes to think up such a conglammeration.
1931 March 10, Helen Herman, “A-muse-ings”, in Syracuse Daily Orange, Syracuse, N.Y.: The Daily Orange Corporation [for the students of Syracuse University], →OCLCSynonyms: Byronesque, Byronian, Byronish
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveOf or pertaining to British Romantic poet George Gordon Byron (1788–1824) or his writings.
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Translations
French byronien
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Polish bajroniczny, bajronowski
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Rhymes with Byronic
Cite this entry
Byronic. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Byronic
“Byronic.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Byronic. Accessed November 2, 2026.
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