| 单词 | furor biographicus |
| 释义 | > as lemmasfuror biographicus 4. Sometimes with Latin adjective added to define the nature of the ‘frenzy’, as furor academicus, furor biographicus, furor papisticus, furor poeticus, furor teutonicus. Also furor scribendi. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > excitement > inspiration > [noun] > specific type of inspiration or exaltation furor poeticus1850 1850 C. Kingsley Alton Locke I. xx. 278 Mackaye grumbled at my writing so much, and so fast, and sneered about the furor scribendi. a1873 J. S. Mill Three Ess. Relig. (1874) 33 The fire of London, which is believed to have had so salutary an effect on the healthiness of the city, would have produced that effect just as much if it had been really the work of the ‘furor papisticus’ so long commemorated on the Monument. 1922 A. Huxley Let. 8 June (1969) 207 His parents-in-law elect are extremely averse to being anything more than elect—on the score, I gather, of poor Robert's..furious furor poeticus. 1928 Daily Tel. 11 Sept. 12/1 Once upon a time Macaulay complained of the furor biographicus or lues Boswelliana which makes biographies an orgy of praise. 1960 Times 2 Dec. 20/6 From the early furor teutonicus to the present mood of lyric vitality, the achievement..is impressive. 1963 P. H. Johnson Night & Silence v. 27 The man was obviously wild with excitement, with furor academicus. 1964 F. Bowers Bibliogr. & Textual Crit. v. iv. 151 A balance that is sometimes neglected in the furor poeticus of textual speculation. 1964 Economist 31 Oct. 507/1 The obsessive furor scribendi which..drove him to proliferate lectures, addresses and prefaces. < as lemmas |
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