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