WAGNERIAN
\waɡnˈi͡əɹɪən], \waɡnˈiəɹɪən], \w_a_ɡ_n_ˈiə_ɹ_ɪ__ə_n]\
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By Noah Webster.
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vag-n[=e]'ri-an, adj. pertaining to or characterised by the ideas or style of Richard Wagner (1813-83), a famous German composer of music-dramas: pertaining to Rudolf Wagner (1805-64), a famous physiologist.--ns. WAG'NERISM, WAGNE'RIANISM, the art theory of Richard Wagner, its main object being the freeing of opera from traditional and conventional forms, and its one canon, dramatic fitness; WAG'NERIST, an adherent of Wagner's musical methods.
By Thomas Davidson
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