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Meaning of Empsonian | Babel Free

Adjective CEFR B2
ɛmpˈsəʊ.ni.ən

Definitions

Of or pertaining to William Empson (1906–1984), English literary critic and poet.

Examples

“It was a memory of a poetry lesson in her training college in Liverpool: an earnest Empsonian young man, not really attractive.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

emptiable emptier emptiest emptional emptive empty

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