单词 | dircaean |
释义 | Dircaeanadj. Of or belonging to the fountain of Dirce: used of Pindar, called by Horace Dircæus cygnus the Dircæan swan; Pindaric, poetic. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > [adjective] poetical1447 Parnassian1565 Pegasean1590 Hippocrenian1607 Dircaean1730 poetic1731 1730 Young Merchant iv. ii O thou Dircaean Swan on high. 1884 Q. Rev. July 136 The voice of poet and prophet..blended in a sublime Dircaean strain. 1894 Gladstone in 19th Cent. Sept. 318 Air buoyant and copious enough to carry the Dircaean swan. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online March 2018). < adj.1730 |
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