|mā]d.ə(r)|liŋkēən, |me], ]tə- sometimes |mä] or |ma] or |mȧ] adjective
Usage: usually capitalized
Etymology: Maurice Maeterlinck died 1949 Belgian poet, dramatist, and essayist + English -ian
: of, characteristic of, or resembling Maeterlinck or his writings
writing a symbolic Maeterlinckian drama — Agnes Repplier