- Carlylean⇄adj. of or having to do with Thomas Carlyle (1795-1881), a Scottish essayist, historian, and philosopher.
Ex. First there is the hero of Wagnerian dimensions, capable of great public service, as Plutarch would have him, but a Carlylean hero forced - Carlylean⇄Carlylean, adjective, noun.
- Carlylean⇄noun an admirer or imitator of Thomas Carlyle.