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单词 Wagnerian
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Definition of Wagnerian in English:

Wagnerian

adjective vɑːɡˈnɪərɪənvɑɡˈnɪriən
  • 1Relating to or characteristic of the operas of Richard Wagner.

    arduous Wagnerian roles
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Overnight she became the pre-eminent Wagnerian soprano of her generation.
    • The professor's passion was Wagnerian operas.
    • The composer has mastered completely the art of the Wagnerian leitmotif.
    • Unfortunately he had a chamber orchestra rather than a large Wagnerian orchestra at his disposal.
    • In 1919 his debut as Siegmund at Covent Garden established him as a leading Wagnerian tenor.
    1. 1.1 Having the enormous dramatic scale and intensity of a Wagner opera.
      a strategic predicament of positively Wagnerian proportions
      Example sentencesExamples
      • This shows philistinism on a Wagnerian scale.
      • Our first glimpse of the underwater world, implied through a perspective of giant rings, has a Wagnerian grandeur.
      • The Wagnerian drama then unfolded: the market crashed, and the car industry collapsed.
      • He was literally larger than life and had an impossibly dramatic Wagnerian voice.
noun vɑːɡˈnɪərɪənvɑɡˈnɪriən
  • 1An admirer of the German composer Richard Wagner or his music.

    I'm attacked by the Wagnerians who think I am dragging him through the mud
    Example sentencesExamples
    • He was well read and well versed in music—something of a Wagnerian—but he didn't throw his cultural weight about, preferring to gently prod the conversation.
    • King Ludwig II of Bavaria built him a home and theatre at Bayreuth, which is still a pilgrimage point for Wagnerians today.
    • We have a lot of grass-roots support for the project from dedicated Wagnerians.
    1. 1.1 A performer of the music of the German composer Richard Wagner.
      how she will develop as a Wagnerian remains to be seen
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Whatever his weaknesses, he is among the finest living Wagnerians.
      • How she will develop as a Wagnerian remains to be seen.
      • His Wotan proves him one of the great Wagnerians of our time.

Rhymes

Algerian, Cancerian, Chaucerian, Cimmerian, criterion, Hesperian, Hitlerian, Hyperion, Iberian, Liberian, Nigerian, Presbyterian, Shakespearean, Siberian, Spenserian, Sumerian, valerian, Zairean

Definition of Wagnerian in US English:

Wagnerian

adjectivevɑɡˈnɪriənväɡˈnirēən
  • 1Relating to or characteristic of the operas of Richard Wagner.

    arduous Wagnerian roles
    Example sentencesExamples
    • In 1919 his debut as Siegmund at Covent Garden established him as a leading Wagnerian tenor.
    • Overnight she became the pre-eminent Wagnerian soprano of her generation.
    • The composer has mastered completely the art of the Wagnerian leitmotif.
    • Unfortunately he had a chamber orchestra rather than a large Wagnerian orchestra at his disposal.
    • The professor's passion was Wagnerian operas.
    1. 1.1 Having the enormous dramatic scale and intensity of a Wagner opera.
      a strategic predicament of positively Wagnerian proportions
      Example sentencesExamples
      • He was literally larger than life and had an impossibly dramatic Wagnerian voice.
      • This shows philistinism on a Wagnerian scale.
      • Our first glimpse of the underwater world, implied through a perspective of giant rings, has a Wagnerian grandeur.
      • The Wagnerian drama then unfolded: the market crashed, and the car industry collapsed.
nounvɑɡˈnɪriənväɡˈnirēən
  • 1An admirer of the German composer Richard Wagner or his music.

    I'm attacked by the Wagnerians who think I am dragging him through the mud
    Example sentencesExamples
    • We have a lot of grass-roots support for the project from dedicated Wagnerians.
    • King Ludwig II of Bavaria built him a home and theatre at Bayreuth, which is still a pilgrimage point for Wagnerians today.
    • He was well read and well versed in music—something of a Wagnerian—but he didn't throw his cultural weight about, preferring to gently prod the conversation.
    1. 1.1 A performer of the music of the German composer Richard Wagner.
      how she will develop as a Wagnerian remains to be seen
      Example sentencesExamples
      • His Wotan proves him one of the great Wagnerians of our time.
      • How she will develop as a Wagnerian remains to be seen.
      • Whatever his weaknesses, he is among the finest living Wagnerians.
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