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Lucian|ˈluːʃ(ɪ)ən|
The name (repr. Gr. λουκιανός, L. Lūciānus) of a celebrated writer of Greek dialogues (c 160 a.d.); allusively, a witty scoffer. Hence † Lucian v. intr. in to Lucian it, to imitate the style of Lucian, to play the scoffer; Lucianesque, in a Lucianic style; Luciˈanic a.1, † Luciˈanical a., pertaining to or characteristic of Lucian and his style; marked by a scoffing wit; Luciˈanically adv.; Lucianism, admiration and emulation of Lucian.
1561J. Daus tr. Bullinger on Apoc. (1573) 230 b, Their most light, and wanton Lucianicall wittes. 1592G. Harvey Four Lett. 8 My betters neede not take it grieuously, to be taunted..in that booke, where Saint Peter, & Christ himselfe are Lucianically & scoffingly alleadged. a1641Bp. R. Montagu Acts & Mon. (1642) 53 Erasmus scoffingly, as his manner was, in a Lucianicall style. 1655Fuller Ch. Hist. vi. i. §34 Erasmus in his Dialogues..though..he doth Lucian it too much, yet truth may be discovered under the varnish of his scoffing wit. 1750Hodges Chr. Plan (1755) Pref. 7 Ridiculed by men of light heads and bad hearts, the Lucians and facetious drolls of their respective ages. 1820Shelley in Lady Shelley Mem. (1859) 136, I had written a Lucianic essay to prove the same thing. 1888Dobson Goldsmith 70 A little in the Lucianic spirit of Fielding's ‘Journey from this World to the Next’. 1922P. S. Allen Erasmus 6 The outcome of his thoughts..was a Lucianic composition, Moriae Encomium. 1925A. M. Harmon tr. Lucian IV. 111 The source and character of the reply contribute a truly Lucianic fillip of surprise. 1937C. R. Thompson (title) Lucian and Lucianism in the English Renaissance: an introductory study. 1962R. P. Adams Better Part of Valor iv. 48 Erasmus couples Lucianic irony with his own special form of wit. 1969G. Holmes Florentine Enlightenment 1400–50 iv. 112 Momus is the most substantial of his Lucianesque creations. |