Byronic

adjective

By·​ron·​ic (ˈ)bī¦ränik 

: of, relating to, or having the characteristics of the poet Byron or his writings

with despair and Byronic misanthropy

—W. M. Thackeray

his attitude, his smile were Byronic, at once world-weary and contemptuous

—Aldous Huxley

Byronically

-nə̇k(ə)lē, 

-li

adverb

Word History

Etymology

George N. Gordon, Lord Byron †1824 English poet + -ic

First Known Use

1823, in the meaning defined above

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Rhymes for Byronic

• atonic
• benthonic
• bionic
• bosonic
• bubonic
• canonic
• carbonic
• cyclonic
• demonic
• dystonic
• hadronic
• harmonic