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单词 satyric
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satyricadj.n.

Brit. /səˈtɪrɪk/, U.S. /səˈtɪrɪk/, /seɪˈtɪrɪk/
Forms: 1600s satirique, 1600s satyrique, 1700s satirick, 1700s satyrick, 1700s– satyric.
Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Partly a borrowing from French. Etymons: French satyrique; Latin satyricus.
Etymology: < (i) French satyrique (1555 in Middle French; the use with reference to satyr plays is apparently not paralleled until later than in English: 1701), and its etymon (ii) classical Latin satyricus (also saturicus ) resembling a satyr, like that of a satyr, of or belonging to satyric drama < ancient Greek σατυρικός like a satyr, of or belonging to satyric drama < σάτυρος satyr n. + -ικός -ic suffix. Compare earlier satyrical adj.With use as noun compare ancient Greek σατυρικόν satyric drama.
A. adj.
1. Of or relating to satyrs; characteristic of or resembling a satyr.
ΘΚΠ
the world > the supernatural > deity > classical deity > [adjective] > relating to or like satyr(s)
satyrical1590
satyric1607
satyresque1757
Silenica1822
satyrish1876
1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 13 That..there are certaine little hilles full of the Satirique Ægipanæ, and that in the night time they vse great fires, piping and dansing.
1765 G. Colman in tr. Terence Comedies Pref. p. xlv Ficoroni supposes [this] from her flowing hair being collected in a knot behind, as well as from a Satyrick Mask, which in the original Cameo..stands by her side.
1877 J. Ruskin Fors Clavigera VII. lxxxiii. 360 Which satyric dance and sirenic song accomplished [etc.].
1928 W. Lewis Tarr (1982) iii. ii. 153 Again the tall..still preternaturally ‘correct’, satyric form appeared upon the threshold.
1955 E. A. Powell Adventure Road xvi. 132 D'Annunzio..was barely five feet five in height, with a head as smooth and shining as a billiard ball, a bitter mouth, satyric features and a small curly beard.
2017 Times (Nexis) 23 Oct. More than 50 years on from Mick Jagger strutting about to Satisfaction, the cliché of the satyric singer fronting a gang of ne'er-do-wells with guitars is exhausted.
2. spec. With reference to ancient Greek drama: designating a satyr play (see satyr n. Compounds 2); relating to or characteristic of such a play.
ΘΚΠ
society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > drama > [adjective] > other types
satyric1637
cup-and-saucer1881
slice of life1895
glued-up1906
compressionist1961
am-dram1985
1637 F. Rous Archæologia Atticæ ii. xi. 84 In a Satyrick play, Satyres haue a Chorus place.
1781 in tr. Euripides Trag. I. Pref. p. xiv Each poet who contended for the crown [at the Panathenæan festival]..was obliged to present three tragedies and a satyric piece.
1819 P. B. Shelley (title) The Cyclops. A Satyric Drama Translated from the Greek of Euripides.
1908 Blackwood's Mag. Jan. 147/2 Shakespeare's raillery..produces the same sort of relief as the Greek tragedians sought in their Satyric dramas.
2000 Classical Jrnl. 95 233 Alcestis contains a large number of satyric motifs.
B. n.
A satyr play. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > drama > [noun] > other types or branches
satyric1693
legitimate1826
boulevard theatre1838
satyr drama1839
tragicomic1842
costume drama1847
Sardoodledom1895
slice of life1895
cape and sword (also cape and cloak)1898
total theatre1935
epic theatre1938
Theatre of Cruelty1954
music theatre1957
psychodramatics1957
reader's theatre1957
metatheatre1960
Theatre of the Absurd1961
nautanki1962
Theatre of Fact1966
1693 J. Dryden Disc. conc. Satire in J. Dryden et al. tr. Juvenal Satires p. xix Amongst the Plays of Euripides..there is one of these Satyriques.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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adj.n.1607
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