单词 | satyric |
释义 | satyricadj.n. 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. 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). < adj.n.1607 |
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