单词 | fabulosity |
释义 | fabulosityn. 1. The quality of being fabulous; fabulousness. a. Of persons: Fondness for narrating or inventing fables. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > prose > narrative or story > parable, allegory, or apologue > [noun] > action of or fondness for creating fabulosity1605 fabulation1727 1605 Abp. G. Abbot Briefe Descr. Worlde (rev. ed.) sig. H1 In their [sc. Chaldeans'] fabulositie they would report, that they had..obseruations for 15000. yeares. 1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica i. vi. 23 The fabulositie of those times. b. Of a composition, narrative, etc.: Fabulous or mythical character; fictitiousness. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > disregard for truth, falsehood > fabrication of statement or story > a false or foolish tale > [noun] > a fable, myth > character of fabulousness1587 fabulosity1603 1603 P. Holland tr. Plutarch Morals 489 Some..more civilly avoiding the fabulosity of this tale say [etc.]. 1678 R. Cudworth True Intellect. Syst. Universe i. iv. 236 Plato..doth but..slily jear it, plainly insinuating the Fabulosity thereof. 1741 W. Warburton Divine Legation Moses II. vi. ii. 490 He supposed the fabulosity of that [Book of Job] concluded against the real existence of the Patriarch. 1777 F. Burney Let. 27 Mar. in Early Jrnls. & Lett. (1990) II. 227 There is not..much of the spirit of Fabulosity in this Fable. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > disregard for truth, falsehood > fabrication of statement or story > a false or foolish tale > [noun] > a fable, myth feigning1388 legend1581 fabulosity1601 myth1849 urban legend1931 urban myth1982 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World II. 605 That..posterity ensuing may yet be acquainted with their fabulosities. 1681 H. More Plain Expos. Daniel Pref. p. xlviii The ridiculous fabulosity of Enoch and Elias their coming again in the Flesh. 1807 G. Chalmers Caledonia I. Pref. 8 These form historical matters of singular interest if they be investigated from facts in contempt of fabulosity. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1601 |
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