Chaucerian


[chaw-seer-ee-uh n] /tʃɔˈsɪər i ən/

adjective
1.
of, relating to, or characteristic of writings:
Chaucerian wit.
noun
2.
a scholar devoted to the study of and his writings.
/tʃɔːˈsɪərɪən/
adjective
1.
of, relating to, or characteristic of the writings of Geoffrey Chaucer
noun
2.
an imitator of Chaucer, esp one of a group of 15th-century Scottish writers who took him as a model
3.

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