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Definition of Jamesian adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

Jamesian

adjective
 
/ˈdʒeɪmziən/
 
/ˈdʒeɪmziən/
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  1. of a style of writing that is extremely complicated, with long sentences containing many difficult ideas (after the author Henry James, who wrote in this way, especially in his later novels)
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