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Boswellian

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Bos·well  (bzwl, -wl)
n.
An assiduous and devoted admirer, student, and recorder of another's words and deeds.
[After James Boswell.]
Boswell·ize (-z) v.
Boswell, James 1740-1795.
British lawyer, diarist, and writer renowned as the biographer of Samuel Johnson.
Bos·welli·an adj. & n.
Boswellian [bɒzˈwɛlɪən]
adj
(Literary & Literary Critical Terms) of or relating to James Boswell, the Scottish author and lawyer (1740-95)


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