Woolfish

English

Etymology

From Woolf +‎ -ish, playing on wolfish.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈwʊlfiʃ/
• Homophone: wolfish

Adjective

Woolfish (comparative more Woolfish, superlative most Woolfish)

1. Reminiscent of Virginia Woolf or her writing.
   • 2005, Damien Wilkins, Great Sporting Moments: The Best of Sport Magazine, 1988-2004, Victoria University Press, →ISBN, page 420:

     For the training college annual magazine, at the end of the reports of the sports clubs, I wrote a Woolfish piece set in a city dancehall.

   • 2011, Simon Heffer, Strictly English: The correct way to write ... and why it matters, Random House, →ISBN, page 127:

     A Woolfish “she missed the film. For she was late” takes us back to the edges of sanity. Today, the idiomatic usage of for seems a little arch.

   • 2011, David Nicholls, One Day, Hachette UK, →ISBN:

     Marsha – Miss Francomb? – is tall and imposing, with aquiline features that give her an intimidating Woolfish quality. In her early forties, her grey hair cropped and brushed forward Soviet-style, her voice husky and commanding, she stands and offers her hand.

   • 2013, Laura Gray-Rosendale, College Girl: A Memoir, SUNY Press, →ISBN, page 67:

     Mom's turned my childhood bedroom into a Woolfish “Writing Room.” It's packed with a new lacy daybed, an army of cushions, a rich wood desk, a computer.

Synonyms

• Woolfesque, Woolfian

Hypernyms

• (In the style of Virginia Woolf's writing): Bloomsburyan, modernist