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† paratraˈgediate, v. Obs. [irreg. f. L. paratragœdāre, f. Gr. παρατραγῳδεῖν, f. παρατραγῳδος pseudo-tragic, bombastic: see para-1 1.] intr. To speak or write in mock-tragic style; to use bombastic language.
1656Blount Glossogr., Paratragediate. 1659Hickman Justif. Fathers 4 How doth Mr. Pierce paratragædiate? How doth he tumble in his ugly tropes, and rowle himselfe in his rayling eloquence? 1683E. Hooker Pref. Pordage's Mystic Div. 19 In regard of their so paratragœdiating. |