mock-heroicn.adj.

Brit.

/ˌmɒkhᵻˈrəʊɪk/, U.S.

/ˌmɑk(h)əˈroʊɪk/

Forms: see mock adj. and heroic adj. and n.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: mock adj., heroic n.

Etymology: < mock adj. + heroic n. With use as adjective compare heroic adj.

A. n.

Burlesque imitation of the heroic style in literature; a mock-heroic verse, poem, etc.; imitation of the character, manner, or actions of a hero, esp. for humorous effect (also in plural).

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > [noun] > other specific styles

mock-heroica1668

far-fetch1813

periodicalism1837

pastoralism1842

book-speech1852

nounism1904

regionalism1909

Time-ese1952

kitchen-sinkery1964

nukespeak1979

a1668 W. Davenant Play-house to be Let i. in Wks. (1673) 76 The Travesti, I mean Burlesque, or more t'explain myself, Would say, the Mock-heroique must be it Which draws the pleasant hither i'th Vacation.

?1727 Gulliver Decypher'd 7 Peter abused the Wittlings of the Town, for not having Sense enough to taste his Mock-Heroicks.

1756 J. Warton Ess. on Pope I. iv. 247 Cervantes; who is the father and unrivalled model of the true mock-heroic.

1765 (title) Patriotism, a Mock-heroic.

1807 R. Southey Lett. from Eng. I. 3 Some new Cervantes..to write a mock heroic.

1850 Ld. Tennyson Princess (ed. 3) Concl. 174 In mock heroics stranger than our own.

1864 W. Smith T. B. Shaw's Hist. Eng. Lit. (1865) xv. 294 The famous mock-heroic of Boileau.

1879 J. A. Froude Cæsar viii. 83 He [sc. Cæsar] had no sentimental passion about him; no Byronic mock heroics.

1900 Dict. National Biogr. LXI. 105/2 His next publication, ‘The Gymnasiad’ (1744), is a harmless mock heroic in three short books or cantos.

1975 Times 18 Aug. 7/1 The events of April 1974 [in Portugal]..the general euphoria, the mock heroics..were simply a propaganda revolution.

B. adj.

That imitates in a derisive or satirical manner the heroic style in literature; evoking the actions or manner of a hero, esp. humorously in unheroic circumstances.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > [adjective] > other specific style

judicial1532

heroic1590

judiciary1603

wild1645

heroi-comic1708

mock-heroic1708

heroi-comical1712

flebilea1734

prosai-comi-epic1749

lusory1779

sulphureous1791

harlequinic1804

mock-heroical1825

newspaperish1825

marmoreal1892

kailyard1895

freestyle1906

paperback1921

nouny1926

Time-ese1947

nounal1952

kitchen sink1959

effectist1961

writerly1974

dirty realist1984

1708 (title) Boileau's Lutrin: a mock-heroic poem.

1712 J. Addison Spectator No. 273. ¶8 We find in Mock-Heroic Poems, particularly in the Dispensary, and the Lutrin, several Allegorical Persons.

1765 G. Colman in tr. Terence Comedies 123 (note) The poet, in a kind of mock heroick manner invokes the muse, to teach him to draw the character of his heroine.

1850 Ld. Tennyson Princess (ed. 3) Concl. 171 The men required that I should give throughout The sort of mock-heroic gigantesque.

1876 W. Black Madcap Violet v ‘I am not to go down to the foot of the lane?’ said she, with mock-heroic sadness.

1889 A. C. Swinburne Study of Jonson 73 The passage is a really superb example of tragicomic or mock-heroic blank verse.

1917 C. E. W. Bean Lett. from France 231 The term [Anzacs] was at one time associated in the Press with so many highly coloured, imaginative, mock heroic stories of individual feats..that its use..was..irrevocably damned within the force.

1991 Times 19 Oct. (Review Suppl.) 36/1 I knew it was a daft mock-heroic gesture, but I could not resist an adventurer's cold water shave.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	mock-heroic
释义	mock-heroicn.adj. Brit. /ˌmɒkhᵻˈrəʊɪk/, U.S. /ˌmɑk(h)əˈroʊɪk/ Forms: see mock adj. and heroic adj. and n. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: mock adj., heroic n. Etymology: < mock adj. + heroic n. With use as adjective compare heroic adj. A. n. Burlesque imitation of the heroic style in literature; a mock-heroic verse, poem, etc.; imitation of the character, manner, or actions of a hero, esp. for humorous effect (also in plural). ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > [noun] > other specific styles mock-heroica1668 far-fetch1813 periodicalism1837 pastoralism1842 book-speech1852 nounism1904 regionalism1909 Time-ese1952 kitchen-sinkery1964 nukespeak1979 a1668 W. Davenant Play-house to be Let i. in Wks. (1673) 76 The Travesti, I mean Burlesque, or more t'explain myself, Would say, the Mock-heroique must be it Which draws the pleasant hither i'th Vacation. ?1727 Gulliver Decypher'd 7 Peter abused the Wittlings of the Town, for not having Sense enough to taste his Mock-Heroicks. 1756 J. Warton Ess. on Pope I. iv. 247 Cervantes; who is the father and unrivalled model of the true mock-heroic. 1765 (title) Patriotism, a Mock-heroic. 1807 R. Southey Lett. from Eng. I. 3 Some new Cervantes..to write a mock heroic. 1850 Ld. Tennyson Princess (ed. 3) Concl. 174 In mock heroics stranger than our own. 1864 W. Smith T. B. Shaw's Hist. Eng. Lit. (1865) xv. 294 The famous mock-heroic of Boileau. 1879 J. A. Froude Cæsar viii. 83 He [sc. Cæsar] had no sentimental passion about him; no Byronic mock heroics. 1900 Dict. National Biogr. LXI. 105/2 His next publication, ‘The Gymnasiad’ (1744), is a harmless mock heroic in three short books or cantos. 1975 Times 18 Aug. 7/1 The events of April 1974 [in Portugal]..the general euphoria, the mock heroics..were simply a propaganda revolution. B. adj. That imitates in a derisive or satirical manner the heroic style in literature; evoking the actions or manner of a hero, esp. humorously in unheroic circumstances. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > [adjective] > other specific style judicial1532 heroic1590 judiciary1603 wild1645 heroi-comic1708 mock-heroic1708 heroi-comical1712 flebilea1734 prosai-comi-epic1749 lusory1779 sulphureous1791 harlequinic1804 mock-heroical1825 newspaperish1825 marmoreal1892 kailyard1895 freestyle1906 paperback1921 nouny1926 Time-ese1947 nounal1952 kitchen sink1959 effectist1961 writerly1974 dirty realist1984 1708 (title) Boileau's Lutrin: a mock-heroic poem. 1712 J. Addison Spectator No. 273. ¶8 We find in Mock-Heroic Poems, particularly in the Dispensary, and the Lutrin, several Allegorical Persons. 1765 G. Colman in tr. Terence Comedies 123 (note) The poet, in a kind of mock heroick manner invokes the muse, to teach him to draw the character of his heroine. 1850 Ld. Tennyson Princess (ed. 3) Concl. 171 The men required that I should give throughout The sort of mock-heroic gigantesque. 1876 W. Black Madcap Violet v ‘I am not to go down to the foot of the lane?’ said she, with mock-heroic sadness. 1889 A. C. Swinburne Study of Jonson 73 The passage is a really superb example of tragicomic or mock-heroic blank verse. 1917 C. E. W. Bean Lett. from France 231 The term [Anzacs] was at one time associated in the Press with so many highly coloured, imaginative, mock heroic stories of individual feats..that its use..was..irrevocably damned within the force. 1991 Times 19 Oct. (Review Suppl.) 36/1 I knew it was a daft mock-heroic gesture, but I could not resist an adventurer's cold water shave. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.adj.a1668
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