Oedipodeanadj.

Brit.

/iːˌdɪpəˈdɪən/,

/ˌiːdɪpəˈdɪən/, U.S.

/ɛˌdɪpəˈdiən/,

/iˌdɪpəˈdiən/

Origin: A borrowing from Greek, combined with an English element. Etymons: Greek Οἰδιπόδειος , -an suffix.

Etymology: < Hellenistic Greek Οἰδιπόδειος of Oedipus ( < ancient Greek Οἰδιποδ- , Οἰδίπους Oedipus n. + -ειος , suffix forming adjectives) + -an suffix. Compare earlier Oedipean adj.

Of or relating to Oedipus; designating or reminiscent of the legend of Oedipus; = Oedipean adj.In quot. 1827 perhaps with sense: requiring an Oedipus to decipher it.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the supernatural > supernatural being > mythical creature or object > [adjective] > of characters from classical mythology

Briarean1579

Pegasean1590

Tantalean?1605

Pegasarian1607

centoculated1628

Oedipean1629

Typhoean1667

Oedipodean1827

Laocoön1910

1827 J. Symmons Let. 27 Aug. in E. H. Barker Parriana (1828) I. 519 In endeavouring to decipher his hand, which was perfectly Œdipodean, I was always directed by the exactness of the style.

1887 A. W. Verrall Aeschylus's Seven against Thebes Introd. p. x The Oedipodean legend in Aeschylus is closely connected with two powers of religion.

1888 J. R. Lowell Let. 6 July (1932) 322 The third stage of the Oedipodean riddle.

1918 H. N. Bowman (title) The crimes of the Oedipodean cycle.

1947 E. F. Watling Sophocles' Theban Plays 13 Each of the three plays deals with a situation in the Oedipodean family history.

1968 H. J. Schonfield Those Incredible Christians xiii. 202 Athenagoras similarly speaks of the heathen charges of ‘atheism, Thyestean feasts and Oedipodean intercourse’.

1993 Speculum 68 226 We cannot define in causal terms the relation between the poem's central love affair and the fortunes of Troy, or between the fall of the city and the disaster of Oedipodean Thebes.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	oedipodean
释义	Oedipodeanadj. Brit. /iːˌdɪpəˈdɪən/, /ˌiːdɪpəˈdɪən/, U.S. /ɛˌdɪpəˈdiən/, /iˌdɪpəˈdiən/ Origin: A borrowing from Greek, combined with an English element. Etymons: Greek Οἰδιπόδειος , -an suffix. Etymology: < Hellenistic Greek Οἰδιπόδειος of Oedipus ( < ancient Greek Οἰδιποδ- , Οἰδίπους Oedipus n. + -ειος , suffix forming adjectives) + -an suffix. Compare earlier Oedipean adj. Of or relating to Oedipus; designating or reminiscent of the legend of Oedipus; = Oedipean adj.In quot. 1827 perhaps with sense: requiring an Oedipus to decipher it. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > supernatural being > mythical creature or object > [adjective] > of characters from classical mythology Briarean1579 Pegasean1590 Tantalean?1605 Pegasarian1607 centoculated1628 Oedipean1629 Typhoean1667 Oedipodean1827 Laocoön1910 1827 J. Symmons Let. 27 Aug. in E. H. Barker Parriana (1828) I. 519 In endeavouring to decipher his hand, which was perfectly Œdipodean, I was always directed by the exactness of the style. 1887 A. W. Verrall Aeschylus's Seven against Thebes Introd. p. x The Oedipodean legend in Aeschylus is closely connected with two powers of religion. 1888 J. R. Lowell Let. 6 July (1932) 322 The third stage of the Oedipodean riddle. 1918 H. N. Bowman (title) The crimes of the Oedipodean cycle. 1947 E. F. Watling Sophocles' Theban Plays 13 Each of the three plays deals with a situation in the Oedipodean family history. 1968 H. J. Schonfield Those Incredible Christians xiii. 202 Athenagoras similarly speaks of the heathen charges of ‘atheism, Thyestean feasts and Oedipodean intercourse’. 1993 Speculum 68 226 We cannot define in causal terms the relation between the poem's central love affair and the fortunes of Troy, or between the fall of the city and the disaster of Oedipodean Thebes. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1827
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