Atellanadj.n.

/əˈtɛlən/

Forms: Also Attellan.

Etymology: < Latin Atellānus, < Atella, a town in Campania.

A. adj.

Of or pertaining to Atella, which was famous for its popular satirical and, in later times, licentious farces; hence, farcical, ribald.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > literature > a written composition > [adjective] > farcical

Atellan1600

Atellanican1607

1600 P. Holland tr. Livy Rom. Hist. vii. 251 The Actours in the Atellane interludes.

1647 R. Stapleton tr. Juvenal Sixteen Satyrs 106 Of whom some Attelan or ridiculous jeering rimes were made.

1710 Ld. Shaftesbury Soliloquy 96 Their Fescennin, and Atellan way of Wit, was in early days prohibited.

1938 R. Graves Coll. Poems 166 And what Atellan orgies of the soul Were celebrated then among the rocks They testify themselves in books That rouse Atellan laughter.

B. n.

A dramatic composition of this kind.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > drama > a play > [noun] > a comedy > a farce

farce1530

Atellan1628

burletta1748

sotie1807

farcetta1835

boulevard farce1838

Whitehall farce1956

1628 R. Burton Anat. Melancholy (ed. 3) iii. i. i. i. 378 Many old Poets..did..write Fescennines, Attellanes, and lasciuious songs.

1875 A. W. Ward Hist. Eng. Dramatic Lit. I. i. 10 The ribald jests of Atellanes and mimes.

Derivatives

† Ateˈllanican adj. [Latin Atellānicus] Obsolete = Atellan adj. and n.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > literature > a written composition > [adjective] > farcical

Atellan1600

Atellanican1607

1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 233 Tiberius Cæsar..was called (Hircus Vetolus)..in the Atellanican comœdie.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online March 2021).

单词	atellan
释义	Atellanadj.n. /əˈtɛlən/ Forms: Also Attellan. Etymology: < Latin Atellānus, < Atella, a town in Campania. A. adj. Of or pertaining to Atella, which was famous for its popular satirical and, in later times, licentious farces; hence, farcical, ribald. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > a written composition > [adjective] > farcical Atellan1600 Atellanican1607 1600 P. Holland tr. Livy Rom. Hist. vii. 251 The Actours in the Atellane interludes. 1647 R. Stapleton tr. Juvenal Sixteen Satyrs 106 Of whom some Attelan or ridiculous jeering rimes were made. 1710 Ld. Shaftesbury Soliloquy 96 Their Fescennin, and Atellan way of Wit, was in early days prohibited. 1938 R. Graves Coll. Poems 166 And what Atellan orgies of the soul Were celebrated then among the rocks They testify themselves in books That rouse Atellan laughter. B. n. A dramatic composition of this kind. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > drama > a play > [noun] > a comedy > a farce farce1530 Atellan1628 burletta1748 sotie1807 farcetta1835 boulevard farce1838 Whitehall farce1956 1628 R. Burton Anat. Melancholy (ed. 3) iii. i. i. i. 378 Many old Poets..did..write Fescennines, Attellanes, and lasciuious songs. 1875 A. W. Ward Hist. Eng. Dramatic Lit. I. i. 10 The ribald jests of Atellanes and mimes. Derivatives † Ateˈllanican adj. [Latin Atellānicus] Obsolete = Atellan adj. and n. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > a written composition > [adjective] > farcical Atellan1600 Atellanican1607 1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 233 Tiberius Cæsar..was called (Hircus Vetolus)..in the Atellanican comœdie. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online March 2021). < adj.n.1600
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