Jonson

[ jon-suh n ]
/ ˈdʒɒn sən /

noun

Ben,1573?–1637, English dramatist and poet.

OTHER WORDS FROM Jonson

Jon·so·ni·an [jon-soh-nee-uh n] /dʒɒnˈsoʊ ni ən/, adjective

Example sentences from the Web for jonsonian

  • On the fly-leaf are memoranda of Wesleyan and Jonsonian anecdotes which Buckle had evidently made for his own use.

    Lives of Illustrious Shoemakers |William Edward Winks

  • Mr. Greenwood, it is proper to say, does not seem to be satisfied that he has solved what he calls “the Jonsonian riddle.”

    Shakespeare, Bacon and the Great Unknown |Andrew Lang

  • Even the word "humour" seems to have been employed in the Jonsonian sense by Chapman before Jonson's use of it.

    Volpone; Or, The Fox |Ben Jonson

British Dictionary definitions for jonsonian

Jonson
/ (ˈdʒɒnsən) /

noun

Ben. 1572–1637, English dramatist and poet, who developed the "comedy of humours", in which each character is used to satirize one particular humour or temperament. His plays include Volpone (1606), The Alchemist (1610), and Bartholomew Fair (1614), and he also wrote court masques