Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: coleridge
IPA transcription: [k'oʊlɹɪdʒ]
noun meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: Coleridge, Samuel_Taylor_Coleridge
    Meaning: English romantic poet (1772-1834)
Usage examples
  • [Coleridge's "Ancient Mariner."]
  • "Of Coleridge, I can not speak but with reverence.
  • The son of an officer in the British army, he was educated at that famous Blue-Coat School which is interesting to Americans because Lamb and Coleridge attended it.
  • "Against the subtleties which would make poetry a study-not a passion-it becomes the metaphysician to reason-but the poet to protest. Yet Wordsworth and Coleridge are men in years; the one imbued in contemplation from his childhood; the other a giant in intellect and learning.