单词 | ethopoetic |
释义 | ethopoeticadj. That represents a person's character or manners; of the nature of ethopoeia. Chiefly with reference to ancient Greek drama. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > relationship > imitation > [adjective] > of gestures ethopoetic1652 1652 T. Urquhart Εκσκυβαλαυρον 105 [Crichtoun] begun to prank it, a la Venetiana..with such a flourish of mimick, and ethopoetick gestures. 1876 W. A. Stevens in Lysias Sel. Orations Introd. p. xxiv His tact in dealing with men..has already been assumed in the discussion of the ethopoetic element in his style. 1905 Amer. Jrnl. Philol. 26 231 Haemon..has two functions in the structure of the drama... Ethopoetic: to throw into still more unsympathetic light the character and actions of his father. 1959 Classical Philol. 54 139/1 In production the reference to the third libation would be mainly ethopoetic, sc. to reveal the savagery of the queen. 2004 Chicago Rev. 50 No. 2–4. 62 ‘Human dog’ achieves an ethopoetic sketch..of the character uttering it. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1652 |
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