单词 | ciceronian |
释义 | Ciceronianadj.n. A. adj. Pertaining to, or after the manner of, Cicero; resembling Cicero in pure Latinity, etc. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > elegance > [adjective] > Ciceronian Ciceronical1590 Ciceronian1661 Ciceronic1843 1661 R. Boyle Some Considerations Style Script. 168 Our strict Ciceronian Rules. 1751 S. Johnson Rambler No. 118. ⁋5 Observations, conveyed in Ciceronian eloquence. 1882 M. Pattison Ess. I. 124 The solemn and empty commonplaces of the ordinary Ciceronian Latinists. B. n. An admirer or imitator of Cicero's style. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > elegance > [noun] > Ciceronianism > one who Ciceronian1581 1581 J. Bell tr. W. Haddon & J. Foxe Against Jerome Osorius 185 Not worthy the finesse of a Ciceronian. 1758 J. Jortin Life Erasmus I. 164 The Ciceronians..confined them selves to words taken from Cicero, or authors who were contemporary with him. 1882 M. Pattison Ess. I. 124 The superstitious avoidance of new or post-Augustan words which the Ciceronians affected. Derivatives Ciceˈronianism n. imitation of Cicero as a model of Latin style and diction; concrete a Ciceronian expression. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > elegance > [noun] > Ciceronianism Ciceronianisma1586 society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > elegance > [noun] > Ciceronianism > instance of Ciceronianisma1586 a1586 Sir P. Sidney Let. R. Sidney (R.) So you can speak and write Latin, not barbarously, I never require great study in Ciceronianism, the chief abuse of Oxford, qui dum verba sectantur, res ipsas negligunt. 1644 J. Milton Areopagitica 10 Dwelling too much upon Ciceronianisms. 1860 M. Pattison in Q. Rev. 108 37 Free from the platitudes of Ciceronianism. Ciceˈronianist n. one who practises Ciceronianism. ΚΠ 1882 Encycl. Brit. XIV. 342/1 That elaborate polishing of periods which had been the delight of the Ciceronianists. Ciceˈronianize v. to make Ciceronian. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > elegance > compose elegantly [verb (transitive)] > make Ciceronian Ciceronianize1807 1807 I. D'Israeli Curiosities of Lit. 1st Ser. (ed. 5) II. 32 Servile imitators of Cicero..every thing with them was Ciceronianised. Ciceˈronic adj. = Ciceronian adj. and n. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > elegance > [adjective] > Ciceronian Ciceronical1590 Ciceronian1661 Ciceronic1843 1843 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 54 703 There is a little affectation..of Ciceronic ambages. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > elegance > [adjective] > Ciceronian Ciceronical1590 Ciceronian1661 Ciceronic1843 1590 R. Greene Neuer too Late i. 37 He and Isabell..began to be as Cyceronicall as they were amorous. Ciceˈronically adv. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > elegance > [adverb] > correctly > in good or pure Latin Latinly1548 Ciceronically1809 1809 Sir Frantic the Reformer 77 He silence called; which being granted, Thus Ciceronically ranted. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online June 2020). < adj.n.1581 |
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