kensingtonianism

Updated: July 29, 2026

Then he heard Harrier's Kensingtonian voice in the telephone asking who he was. "Is that Mr. Machin's room?" he continued, imitating with a broad farcical effect the acute Kensingtonianism of Mr. Marrier's tones. "Is Miss Ra-ose Euclid there? Oh! She is! Well, you tell her that Sir John Pilgrim's private secretary wishes to speak to her? Thanks. All right. I'll hold the line." A pause.

Arnold Bennett - The Regent