Louis Quatorzian

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Louis Quatorze +‎ -ian.

Adjective[edit]

Louis Quatorzian (comparative more Louis Quatorzian, superlative most Louis Quatorzian)

  1. Pertaining to Louis XIV of France, or the perceived opulence of his court.
    • 1911, Saki, ‘The Unrest-cure’, The Chronicles of Clovis:
      Miss Huddle was unable to decide in her mind whether the action savoured of Louis Quatorzian courtliness or the reprehensible Roman attitude towards the Sabine women.
    • 2002, Colin Jones, The Great Nation, Penguin, published 2003, page 18:
      Well before 1700, the surface glamour of court life on which the Louis-Quatorzian myth had been founded had begun to pall.
    • 2009, Paul Sonnino, “Plus royaliste que le pape”, in War and Religion after Westphalia, page 21:
      It was a plan of Louis Quatorzian presumption, and we all know what happens to people who push their luck.