Ozymandiasn.

Brit.

/ˌɒzᵻˈmandɪəs/,

/ˌɒzᵻˈmandɪas/, U.S.

/ˌoʊzəˈmændiəs/

Origin: From proper names. Etymons: proper name Ozymandias, Osymandyas, Osymandes.

Etymology: < the name Ozymandias, alteration of Osymandyas (also occasionally in form Osymandes) < Hellenistic Greek Οσυμανδύας, ultimately < ancient Egyptian wsr-m?ʿt-rʿ, part of the prenomen of Ramesses II of Egypt (1279–13 b.c.), of whom a colossal 57-foot statue, now surviving only in fragments, once stood at Thebes. Use in English is probably largely after Shelley's 1817 sonnet Ozymandias (written as part of a sonnet-writing competition with Horace Smith, whose poem also contains the name; see also below). Shelley's source was apparently the Hellenistic Greek of Diodorus Siculus, who records the inscription on the statue.

allusively. A tyrant, a dictator, a megalomaniac; someone or something of immense size, a colossus. Also in extended use.The current widespread use probably derives from Shelley's sonnet of 1817 entitled Ozymandias, in which the poet describes ‘the decay Of that colossal wreck, boundless and bare’.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > rule or government > oppression > [noun] > tyranny, despotism, or autocracy > one who

tyrantc1290

Turk1536

Pharaoh1565

tyrannizer1602

domineerer1641

Corsican1739

Napoleon1821

Ozymandias1878

big-sticker1905

Mussolini1926

Hitler1930

1878 T. Hardy in Harper's Mag. Oct. 763/1 Yet instead of blaming herself for the issue, she laid the fault upon the shoulders of some indistinct Zeus or colossal Ozymandias who had framed her situation and ruled her lot.

1915 H. James Let. 25 Aug. (1920) II. 497 My poor old rather truncated edition, in fact entirely frustrated one—which has the grotesque likeness for me of a sort of miniature Ozymandias of Egypt (‘look on my works, ye mighty, and despair!’).

1961 W. Brandon Indians 111/1 Every conquering Ozymandias in all history rose and fell and was forgotten.

1991 People 25 Nov. 93/3 They had a field day treating Stevenson as the Ozymandias of prime time.

2003 Arkansas Democrat-Gaz. (Nexis) 19 Aug. 14 Iraq's Ozymandias seems to have hidden his weapons well, wrapping what remained of his air force in plastic and burying it in those lone and level sands.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	ozymandias
释义	Ozymandiasn. Brit. /ˌɒzᵻˈmandɪəs/, /ˌɒzᵻˈmandɪas/, U.S. /ˌoʊzəˈmændiəs/ Origin: From proper names. Etymons: proper name Ozymandias, Osymandyas, Osymandes. Etymology: < the name Ozymandias, alteration of Osymandyas (also occasionally in form Osymandes) < Hellenistic Greek Οσυμανδύας, ultimately < ancient Egyptian wsr-m?ʿt-rʿ, part of the prenomen of Ramesses II of Egypt (1279–13 b.c.), of whom a colossal 57-foot statue, now surviving only in fragments, once stood at Thebes. Use in English is probably largely after Shelley's 1817 sonnet Ozymandias (written as part of a sonnet-writing competition with Horace Smith, whose poem also contains the name; see also below). Shelley's source was apparently the Hellenistic Greek of Diodorus Siculus, who records the inscription on the statue. allusively. A tyrant, a dictator, a megalomaniac; someone or something of immense size, a colossus. Also in extended use.The current widespread use probably derives from Shelley's sonnet of 1817 entitled Ozymandias, in which the poet describes ‘the decay Of that colossal wreck, boundless and bare’. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > oppression > [noun] > tyranny, despotism, or autocracy > one who tyrantc1290 Turk1536 Pharaoh1565 tyrannizer1602 domineerer1641 Corsican1739 Napoleon1821 Ozymandias1878 big-sticker1905 Mussolini1926 Hitler1930 1878 T. Hardy in Harper's Mag. Oct. 763/1 Yet instead of blaming herself for the issue, she laid the fault upon the shoulders of some indistinct Zeus or colossal Ozymandias who had framed her situation and ruled her lot. 1915 H. James Let. 25 Aug. (1920) II. 497 My poor old rather truncated edition, in fact entirely frustrated one—which has the grotesque likeness for me of a sort of miniature Ozymandias of Egypt (‘look on my works, ye mighty, and despair!’). 1961 W. Brandon Indians 111/1 Every conquering Ozymandias in all history rose and fell and was forgotten. 1991 People 25 Nov. 93/3 They had a field day treating Stevenson as the Ozymandias of prime time. 2003 Arkansas Democrat-Gaz. (Nexis) 19 Aug. 14 Iraq's Ozymandias seems to have hidden his weapons well, wrapping what remained of his air force in plastic and burying it in those lone and level sands. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1878
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