单词 | pantagruelist |
释义 | Pantagruelistn. An admirer or imitator of Pantagruel; a person who resembles Pantagruel in outlook, ideas, or manners. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > literary world > [noun] > imitation or admiration of specific writer > follower or student of specific writer > of specific work or character Pantagruelist1611 Pickwickian1836 Shandean1866 Pantagruelian1899 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Pantagrueliste, a Pantagruellist; a merrie Greek, faithfull drunkard, good fellow. 1674 Hogan-Moganides 47 He was himself a Duellist, And exquisit true Pantagruelist. 1721 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. Pantagruelist, A good Companion, imitating Pantagruel. 1834 R. Southey Doctor I. 175 In humour however he was by nature a Pantagruelist. 1847 J. R. Lowell Lett. I. 130 Had I mixed more with the world than I have, I should probably have become a Pantagruelist. 1886 G. Saintsbury Ess. Eng. Lit. (1891) 251 Peacock was a Pantagruelist to the heart's core. 1900 Daily Chron. 4 June 3/5 I don't happen to have such a thing as a conscience... I am a Pantagruelist by nature and conviction. 1930 Q. Rev. Biol. 5 256/1 At the same time a cynical Pantagruelist will get an hour's amusement out of running through the book. 1986 Renaissance Q. 39 554 Frère Jean..is..a better Pantagruelist than the overpraised Thélèmites. Derivatives Pantagrueˈlistic adj. now rare = Pantagruelian adj. 1. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > literary world > [adjective] > relating to or characteristic of specific writer > of specific character or work Pantagruelian1694 Shandean1762 Shandaic1766 Pickwickian1836 Pantagruelistical1838 Wellerian1838 Pantagruelistic1845 Pantagruelic1850 Welleresque1868 Pantagrueline1882 1845 Southern Q. Rev. Jan. 137 He [sc. Rabelais] speaks fully..only to those already initiated into the Pantagruelistic Mysteries. 1880 Libr. Universal Knowl. VII. 319 A very absurd and indecorous work of a pantagruelistic kind. 1978 16th Cent. Jrnl. 9 123 The serious ‘Pantagruelistic’ message of the enlightened Christian sage. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > literary world > [adjective] > relating to or characteristic of specific writer > of specific character or work Pantagruelian1694 Shandean1762 Shandaic1766 Pickwickian1836 Pantagruelistical1838 Wellerian1838 Pantagruelistic1845 Pantagruelic1850 Welleresque1868 Pantagrueline1882 1838 Fraser's Mag. 17 317 In a work Pantagruelistical they would be..out of place. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1611 |
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