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单词 rocambolesque
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rocambolesqueadj.

Brit. /rɒˌkambəˈlɛsk/, U.S. /rɑˌkæmbəˈlɛsk/
Forms: also with capital initial.
Origin: Either (i) a borrowing from French; originally modelled on an Italian lexical item. Or (ii) from a proper name, combined with an English element; originally modelled on an Italian lexical item. Etymons: French rocambolesque ; proper name Rocambole , -esque suffix.
Etymology: Either < French rocambolesque suggestive of Rocambole, (hence in extended use) fantastic, bizarre (1898; < Rocambole , the name of a character who is the subject of improbable and fantastic adventures in the novels of P.-A. Ponson du Terrail (1829–71), French author (perhaps ultimately < rocambole rocambole n.) + -esque -esque suffix), or < the name of Rocambole + -esque suffix, originally after Italian rocambolesco (1905; < French).
Suggestive of Rocambole, a character in the novels of the French author Ponson du Terrail (1829–71), renowned for his improbable and fanciful adventures; incredible, fantastic, bizarre.
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the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > faculty of imagination > fancy or fantastic notion > [adjective] > of fanciful nature
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lymphatical1678
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wild goose1770
visionary1777
whimmy1785
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fantasied1882
Alician1898
blue-sky1920
pie in the sky1930
rocambolesque1935
1935 R. Williams tr. C. Pellizzi Eng. Drama iv. 139 Coincidence, performed in America in 1929, where satire on the elections is joined to a strange and almost Rocambolesque [It. rocambolesco] plot.
1960 B. Marshall Divided Lady i. xxi. 75 How amused the General would have been by this rocambolesque religiosity.
1976 New Society 13 May 370/3 An exemplary surrealistic life..which included a rocambolesque episode..in which he kidnapped his Bulgarian mistress from her husband.
2000 Independent (Nexis) 18 Jan. 6 It is an erudite sociological document composed in the style of a rocambolesque pornographic novel, all obviously based on the author's rich personal experience.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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