epideicticepideikticadj.

/ɛpɪˈdʌɪktɪk/

Forms: Also 1700s epidictic.

Etymology: < Greek ἐπιδεικτικός, < ἐπί + δεικνύναι to show.

a. Adapted for display or show-off; chiefly of set orations.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > pride > ostentation > [adjective]

rankOE

peacockly?a1425

ruffling1531

garish1545

peacockish1551

peacock-like1576

ostentatious1590

fastuous?1591

flaring1593

flantitanting1596

ostentive1599

ostentative1601

showful1607

flourishable1614

flourishing1616

flaunting1624

ostentous1624

ostentatory1638

swasha1640

fanfaron1670

paradeful1748

ostensible1782

epideictic1790

fandangous1797

flashy1801

affiché1818

show-off1818

splashing1820

flaunty1825

splash-and-dash1830

pretentious1832

flash1836

splashy1836

pretenceful1841

swanky1842

peacocky1844

fantysheeny1847

splurgy1852

cheesy1858

pretensivea1868

duchessy1870

swagger1879

lavish1882

splurging1884

show-offy1890

razzmatazz1900

show-offish1903

whoop-de-do1904

Ritz1908

split-arse1917

swanking1918

ritzy1919

fantoosh1920

knock-me-down1922

showboating1936

showboat1939

hellzapoppin'1945

zazzy1961

glitzy1966

sploshy1966

zhuzhy1968

noncy1989

bling1999

1790 V. Knox Winter Evenings (ed. 2) II. 197 Eloquence of that kind, which the ancient rhetoricians denominated the epidictic.

1795 Charac. in Ann. Reg. 20/1 Philosophic dialogues and epideiktic orations.

1874 F. W. Farrar Life Christ (ed. 2) II. xxxv He would not work any epideictic miracle at their bidding.

b. spec. in Ornithology: applied to collective displays and other conventional behaviour regarded by some as having evolved from the need to control the distribution of population.

ΚΠ

1959 V. C. Wynne-Edwards in Ibis 101 440 There is a very large class of social phenomena in animals which partake of this character... In birds they usually involve collective displays, singing, aerial acrobatics and the like: the so-called ‘crow's parliament’ of Rooks and Jackdaws..is a familiar example in this country. They may be designated as epideictic demonstrations.

1962 V. C. Wynne-Edwards Animal Dispersion i. 16 Epideictic displays are especially evolved to provide the necessary feed-back when the balance of population is about to be restored... They generally involve conventions that have evolved away from the direct primitive contest.

1966 D. Lack Population Stud. Birds 311 Most of the behaviour considered epideictic by Wynne-Edwards can be satisfactorily interpreted in other ways, and no positive evidence has been presented for an epideictic function.

Derivatives

epiˈdeictical adj.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online March 2021).

单词	epideictic
释义	epideicticepideikticadj. /ɛpɪˈdʌɪktɪk/ Forms: Also 1700s epidictic. Etymology: < Greek ἐπιδεικτικός, < ἐπί + δεικνύναι to show. a. Adapted for display or show-off; chiefly of set orations. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pride > ostentation > [adjective] rankOE peacockly?a1425 ruffling1531 garish1545 peacockish1551 peacock-like1576 ostentatious1590 fastuous?1591 flaring1593 flantitanting1596 ostentive1599 ostentative1601 showful1607 flourishable1614 flourishing1616 flaunting1624 ostentous1624 ostentatory1638 swasha1640 fanfaron1670 paradeful1748 ostensible1782 epideictic1790 fandangous1797 flashy1801 affiché1818 show-off1818 splashing1820 flaunty1825 splash-and-dash1830 pretentious1832 flash1836 splashy1836 pretenceful1841 swanky1842 peacocky1844 fantysheeny1847 splurgy1852 cheesy1858 pretensivea1868 duchessy1870 swagger1879 lavish1882 splurging1884 show-offy1890 razzmatazz1900 show-offish1903 whoop-de-do1904 Ritz1908 split-arse1917 swanking1918 ritzy1919 fantoosh1920 knock-me-down1922 showboating1936 showboat1939 hellzapoppin'1945 zazzy1961 glitzy1966 sploshy1966 zhuzhy1968 noncy1989 bling1999 1790 V. Knox Winter Evenings (ed. 2) II. 197 Eloquence of that kind, which the ancient rhetoricians denominated the epidictic. 1795 Charac. in Ann. Reg. 20/1 Philosophic dialogues and epideiktic orations. 1874 F. W. Farrar Life Christ (ed. 2) II. xxxv He would not work any epideictic miracle at their bidding. b. spec. in Ornithology: applied to collective displays and other conventional behaviour regarded by some as having evolved from the need to control the distribution of population. ΚΠ 1959 V. C. Wynne-Edwards in Ibis 101 440 There is a very large class of social phenomena in animals which partake of this character... In birds they usually involve collective displays, singing, aerial acrobatics and the like: the so-called ‘crow's parliament’ of Rooks and Jackdaws..is a familiar example in this country. They may be designated as epideictic demonstrations. 1962 V. C. Wynne-Edwards Animal Dispersion i. 16 Epideictic displays are especially evolved to provide the necessary feed-back when the balance of population is about to be restored... They generally involve conventions that have evolved away from the direct primitive contest. 1966 D. Lack Population Stud. Birds 311 Most of the behaviour considered epideictic by Wynne-Edwards can be satisfactorily interpreted in other ways, and no positive evidence has been presented for an epideictic function. Derivatives epiˈdeictical adj. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online March 2021). < adj.1790
随便看	quartern loaf quartern wind quarternetting quarternight quarternote quarternote rest quarterns quarterpace quarterpierced quarterplate quarterply quarterpointed quarterpound quarterpounder quarterquibble quarterrace quarterracer quarterracing quarterrail quarterrailing quarterranger quarterrepeater quarterrer quarterrest quarterroad