Prufrockianadj.

Brit.

/pruːˈfrɒkɪən/, U.S.

/pruˈfrɑkiən/

Origin: From a proper name, combined with an English element. Etymons: proper name Prufrock , -ian suffix.

Etymology: < the name of J. Alfred Prufrock, the eponymous character of T. S. Eliot's poem The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock (1915) + -ian suffix.

Resembling or characteristic of Prufrock or his world of middle-class conformity and unfulfilled aspirations.In quot. 1946: resembling T. S. Eliot's poem The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > fear > timidity > [adjective] > shy > in manner of Prufrock

Prufrockian1946

society > society and the community > social class > the common people > specific classes of common people > [adjective] > middle-class or bourgeois > characteristic of > specific middle-class conformity

Prufrockian1946

1946 K. R. S. Iyengar in J. T. Shipley Encycl. Lit. 524 Among the ‘new’ poems in the collection is the sequence, An Old Man's Songs, distinctly Prufrockian in manner and even in rhythm.

1950 Mod. Lang. Notes 65 254 The nervous, Prufrockian uncertainty which..subverts the balance of the mind..between the time an action is proposed and the time the intention is manifested in rational decision.

1977 L. Gordon Eliot's Early Years iii. 62 It is a logical, if extreme, answer to the Prufrockian world of ridiculous conformity.

2002 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 28 Mar. 44/1 Highly educated, intelligent men from ‘good’ families, stricken by a Prufrockian impotence in the face of a rapidly changing South.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	prufrockian
释义	Prufrockianadj. Brit. /pruːˈfrɒkɪən/, U.S. /pruˈfrɑkiən/ Origin: From a proper name, combined with an English element. Etymons: proper name Prufrock , -ian suffix. Etymology: < the name of J. Alfred Prufrock, the eponymous character of T. S. Eliot's poem The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock (1915) + -ian suffix. Resembling or characteristic of Prufrock or his world of middle-class conformity and unfulfilled aspirations.In quot. 1946: resembling T. S. Eliot's poem The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > fear > timidity > [adjective] > shy > in manner of Prufrock Prufrockian1946 society > society and the community > social class > the common people > specific classes of common people > [adjective] > middle-class or bourgeois > characteristic of > specific middle-class conformity Prufrockian1946 1946 K. R. S. Iyengar in J. T. Shipley Encycl. Lit. 524 Among the ‘new’ poems in the collection is the sequence, An Old Man's Songs, distinctly Prufrockian in manner and even in rhythm. 1950 Mod. Lang. Notes 65 254 The nervous, Prufrockian uncertainty which..subverts the balance of the mind..between the time an action is proposed and the time the intention is manifested in rational decision. 1977 L. Gordon Eliot's Early Years iii. 62 It is a logical, if extreme, answer to the Prufrockian world of ridiculous conformity. 2002 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 28 Mar. 44/1 Highly educated, intelligent men from ‘good’ families, stricken by a Prufrockian impotence in the face of a rapidly changing South. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1946
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