Shaftesburian

English

Etymology

Shaftesbury +‎ -an

Adjective

Shaftesburian (not comparable)

1. Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of Anthony Ashley-Cooper, of his writings, or of his philosophical doctrines.
   • 1787, Sir John Hawkins, The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.‎^[1], page 255:

     Johnſon bore [the 3rd Lord Shaftesbury] no good will, neither did he ſeem at all to reliſh the cant of the Shafteſburian ſchool.