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Chesterfieldian

adjective 1
noun 1
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adjective1

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In the style of the fourth Earl of Chesterfield, marked by brilliance, wit, and elegance in writing, and aristocratic assurance in life
- What most evidently prevailed, absit invidia, and what betrayed her into all the Chesterfieldian indecorums of laughter, was his addressing her in Irish. — 1778

noun1

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Someone who acts in a sophisticated, aristocratic manner, reminiscent of the fourth Earl of Chesterfield.
- For example, in the chapter on “The Imperial Family," by Baron Sannomiya, this consummate Chesterfieldian, who acts as the court chamberlain, tells us what went on—outside of the imperial family. — 1905

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