WERTHERIAN


Meaning of WERTHERIAN in English

adjective

also wer·te·ri·an (ˈ)ver|tirēən

Usage: usually capitalized

Etymology: Werther, romantic hero of the love story Die Leiden des Jungen Werthers The Sorrows of Werther (1774) by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe died 1832 German poet + English -an

: resembling or characteristic of Werther ; especially : morbidly sentimental

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