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• Voltairian

Adjective

Voltairean ‎(comparative more Voltairean, superlative most Voltairean)

1. Of or pertaining to François-Marie Arouet (1694-1778; pen name "Voltaire"), French writer, essayist, and philosopher known for his wit and defence of civil liberties.
   • 1988, Edmund White, The Beautiful Room is Empty, New York: Vintage International, 1994, Chapter One,

     […] the skinny boy at the next table smirked with a thin Voltairian sneer.

Noun

Voltairean ‎(plural Voltaireans)

1. A person who subscribes to the philosophy of Voltaire.
   • 1855, Richard Francis Burton, A Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah and Meccah, London: Tylston & Edwards, 1893, Volume I, Chapter II, p. 21,

     Then hearing that I was a Darwaysh and doctor—he must be an Osmanli Voltairean, that little Turk—the official snorted a contemptuous snort.

   • 1922, G. K. Chesterton, The Man Who Knew Too Much, Chapter 3,

     “ […] But as for saints and relics and things, I fear I'm a bit of a Voltairian; what you would call a skeptic.”

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• levator ani
• venatorial