Shaftesburian

English

Etymology

Shaftesbury +‎ -an

Adjective

Shaftesburian (not comparable)

Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of Anthony Ashley-Cooper, of his writings, or of his philosophical doctrines.
- 1787, Sir John Hawkins, The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.‎, page 255:
  Johnſon bore [the 3rd Lord Shaftesbury] no good will, neither did he ſeem at all to reliſh the cant of the Shafteſburian ſchool.

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