a. and sb. [f. proper name Thackeray + -AN.] a. adj. Of or pertaining to, or characteristic of, William Makepeace Thackeray (1811–63) or his works. b. sb. An admirer of Thackeray or his works. So Thackerayesque a., Thackerayian a., Thackerayite. (All more or less nonce-wds.)
1861. W. F. Collier, Hist. Eng. Lit., 491. Those queer, delightful, rambling, thoroughly Thackerayesque Round-about Papers.
1876. Burnand, Our Representative, iv. 293–4. Smirke, R.A. (delicious Thackerayan name for a painter!).
1885. Athenæum, 17 Oct., 497/1. All interesting enough … to the professional Thackerayite.
1887. Illustr. Lond. News, 22 Jan., 88/2. This is … almost Thackerayian, indeed.
1888. Scott. Leader, 3 May, 7. A certain cynical humour which is almost ‘Thackerayan’ in quality.
