Erclesn.

/ˈəːkliːz/

Origin: From a proper name. Etymons: proper name Ercles, Hercules.

Etymology: < Ercles, variant (representing the character Bottom's pronunciation of the name in Midsummer Night's Dream i. ii. 25, 36) of the name of Hercules Hercules n.

Bottom's pronunciation of ‘Hercules’; ‘Ercles vein’ is a stock quotation. (See Midsummer Night's Dream i. ii. 25, 36.)

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1898 G. F. R. Henderson Stonewall Jackson II. xv. 100 Even the Northern press made sport of Pope's ‘'Ercles vein’, and the Confederates contrasted his noisy declamation with the modesty of Lee and Jackson.

1901 Standard 9 Apr. 4/7 Mr. J. B. Glacier, in his opening speech, was in the Ercles vein, and dwelt on perils overcome and triumphs gained.

1922 J. Buchan Huntingtower ii. 36 The Ercles vein—‘God's in His Heaven, all's right with the world.’ No good, Mr McCunn.

1927 T. S. Eliot in T. Newton tr. Seneca's Trag. I. p. xxxiii This is the proper Ercles bombast, ridiculed by Shakespeare, Jonson, and Nashe.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	ercles
释义	Erclesn. /ˈəːkliːz/ Origin: From a proper name. Etymons: proper name Ercles, Hercules. Etymology: < Ercles, variant (representing the character Bottom's pronunciation of the name in Midsummer Night's Dream i. ii. 25, 36) of the name of Hercules Hercules n. Bottom's pronunciation of ‘Hercules’; ‘Ercles vein’ is a stock quotation. (See Midsummer Night's Dream i. ii. 25, 36.) ΚΠ 1898 G. F. R. Henderson Stonewall Jackson II. xv. 100 Even the Northern press made sport of Pope's ‘'Ercles vein’, and the Confederates contrasted his noisy declamation with the modesty of Lee and Jackson. 1901 Standard 9 Apr. 4/7 Mr. J. B. Glacier, in his opening speech, was in the Ercles vein, and dwelt on perils overcome and triumphs gained. 1922 J. Buchan Huntingtower ii. 36 The Ercles vein—‘God's in His Heaven, all's right with the world.’ No good, Mr McCunn. 1927 T. S. Eliot in T. Newton tr. Seneca's Trag. I. p. xxxiii This is the proper Ercles bombast, ridiculed by Shakespeare, Jonson, and Nashe. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1898
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