α. 1600s– herology Brit. /hɪəˈrɒlədʒi/, U.S. /hɪˈrɑlədʒi/.
β. 1700s– heroology.
单词 | heroology |
释义 | heroologyn.α. 1600s– herology Brit. /hɪəˈrɒlədʒi/, U.S. /hɪˈrɑlədʒi/. β. 1700s– heroology. Chiefly Mythology. The study or description of the history or genealogy of heroes; a history of or treatise on heroes. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > courage > heroism > [noun] > history or treatise on heroes heroology1678 1678 R. Cudworth True Intellect. Syst. Universe i. iv. 257 A certain Mixture, of Physiology and Herology or History blended together. 1720 Magna Britannia I. p. iii Hero-ology, deducing our noble Families from their ancient honourable Originals. 1880 J. S. Stallybrass tr. J. Grimm Teutonic Mythol. I. xv. 366 We may conclude that all the Teutonic races had a pretty fully developed Heroology. 1923 Classical Weekly 17 29/1 Athenaeus mentions a Heroology of Anaximander. 1990 Folk Music Jrnl. 6 86 Very famous Female Warriors tend to become true folk heroes. The topic, therefore, deserves some attention from herology's point of view. Derivatives herooˈlogical adj. rare of the nature of a history or genealogy of heroes; belonging or relating to the history of heroes. ΚΠ 1678 R. Cudworth True Intellect. Syst. Universe i. iv. 510 Eusebius..was of opinion, that those Poetick Fables were at first only Historical, and Herological. a1988 J. Peet Long Engagement (1989) v. 41 It was only when Hitler had driven on again that I realised I had fluffed probably my only real chance of herological fame. For..I had a small Belgian automatic... I would probably have missed. heroˈologist n. rare a person who writes about or studies heroes. ΚΠ 1781 T. Warton Hist. Eng. Poetry III. xxix. 195 Holland the heroologist. 2002 School Library Jrnl. Sept. 75/2 Our ‘hero-ologist’ hostess, Dash, along with her computer assistant, Pat, take children on a live-action video field trip to a 9-1-1 Dispatch Center. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1678 |
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