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单词 prosopopey
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prosopopeyn.

Forms: 1500s–1600s prosopopeie, 1500s–1600s prosopopey, 1600s prosopopaeie, 1600s prosopopee, 1600s prosopopeye.
Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French prosopopee; Latin prosōpopœia.
Etymology: < Middle French prosopopee (1507 as prosopopeÿe ; French prosopopée ) and its etymon classical Latin prosōpopœia prosopopoeia n.; compare -y suffix3. Compare prosopopoeia n.
Obsolete.
= prosopopoeia n.
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society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > figure of speech > figures of structure or thought > [noun] > pretended speaker
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1550 R. Sherry Treat. Schemes & Tropes sig. Eii This seconde fashion [of prosopographia] the Poetes do call Prosopopey.
1577 H. I. tr. H. Bullinger 50 Godlie Serm. II. iv. iii. sig. Ccc.vjv Prosopopeie is where those are broughte in to speake that doe not speak.
1605 Answ. Supposed Discov. Rom. Doctr. 2 He warreth..against poetically or childishlie feigned Prosopopeis, and Chimeres of his owne creation.
a1641 R. Montagu Acts & Monuments (1642) 89 The Prophet himselfe..speaks by Prosopopey concerning them.
1693 T. Urquhart & P. A. Motteux tr. F. Rabelais 3rd Bk. Wks. Prol. 10 Who with their very Countenances..express their Consent to the Prosopopeie.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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