Spenserian

[ spen-seer-ee-uh n ]

/ spɛnˈsɪər i ən /

of or characteristic of Spenser or his work.

an imitator of Spenser.

verse in Spenserian stanzas.

Origin of Spenserian

First recorded in 1810–20; Spenser + -ian

Mr. Lowell occasionally makes use of somewhat quaint, Spenserian expressions, but generally with peculiar effect.

The Knickerbocker, or New-York Monthly Magazine, February 1844 |Various
The style was frequently detestable—a mixture of sham Spenserian and mock Wordsworthian, alternately florid and arid.

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 15, Slice 6 |Various
Another of this little group of late Spenserian pastoralists was, as we shall later see, an admirer of Beaumont.

Francis Beaumont: Dramatist |Charles Mills Gayley
The poem, in a gentle Spenserian vein, has no connection with the ‘Sonnets.’

A Life of William Shakespeare |Sidney Lee

Like the Spenserian stanza, the Epithalamium stanza has given rise to numerous imitations.

A History of English Versification |Jakob Schipper

Spenserian

/ (spɛnˈsɪərɪən) /

relating to, in the style of, or characteristic of Edmund Spenser, the English poet (?1552–99), or his poetry

a student or imitator of Edmund Spenser