Prosperon.

Brit.

/ˈprɒsp(ə)rəʊ/, U.S.

/ˈprɑspəroʊ/

Origin: From a proper name. Etymon: proper name Prospero.

Etymology: < Prospero, the name of the magician in Shakespeare's Tempest (a1616).

allusive.

(A name for) a person or thing likened to Prospero, esp. with reference to being capable of magic or to influencing the behaviour or perceptions of others without their knowledge.

ΚΠ

?c1785 W. Newton Let. in A. Seward Poet. Wks. (1810) II. 320 To his imagination they appeared as the effect of magic, and he called me Prospero.

1874 B. P. Shillaber Lines in Pleasant Places 71 A Prospero upon the mental plain, It [sc. the Press] works its magic by the wand of brain.

1927 Amer. Mercury Feb. 147/2 Hypocrisy is the Prospero of our national life.

1977 Time 21 Feb. 47/2 These comic Prosperos can conjure up whole casts with a mere wink of the eye or shrug of the shoulder.

1998 G. Szirtes Portrait of my Father in Eng. Landscape II. 58 All fathers are Prospero or else beggars without authority.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	prospero
释义	Prosperon. Brit. /ˈprɒsp(ə)rəʊ/, U.S. /ˈprɑspəroʊ/ Origin: From a proper name. Etymon: proper name Prospero. Etymology: < Prospero, the name of the magician in Shakespeare's Tempest (a1616). allusive. (A name for) a person or thing likened to Prospero, esp. with reference to being capable of magic or to influencing the behaviour or perceptions of others without their knowledge. ΚΠ ?c1785 W. Newton Let. in A. Seward Poet. Wks. (1810) II. 320 To his imagination they appeared as the effect of magic, and he called me Prospero. 1874 B. P. Shillaber Lines in Pleasant Places 71 A Prospero upon the mental plain, It [sc. the Press] works its magic by the wand of brain. 1927 Amer. Mercury Feb. 147/2 Hypocrisy is the Prospero of our national life. 1977 Time 21 Feb. 47/2 These comic Prosperos can conjure up whole casts with a mere wink of the eye or shrug of the shoulder. 1998 G. Szirtes Portrait of my Father in Eng. Landscape II. 58 All fathers are Prospero or else beggars without authority. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.?c1785
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