I. ˈbēdə(r)ˌmīə(r) adjective
Usage: usually capitalized
Etymology: after Gottlieb Biedermeier (“Papa Biedermeier ”), satirical name for a simple, fussy, uninspired German bourgeois, the imaginary author of poems by Adolf Kussmaul died 1902, Ludwig Eichrodt died 1892, and others
1. of furniture : of a type developed in Germany between 1815 and 1848, derived from French Empire styles but at once simpler in detail and weaker and heavier in design
2. : artistically, intellectually, or socially staid, conventional, humdrum limited ; also : bourgeois or Philistine
Biedermeier writers
a comfortable Biedermeier pastor
II. noun
( -s )
Usage: usually capitalized
: one that is Biedermeier
the story was a nice piece of Biedermeier