单词 | tragedist |
释义 | tragedistn. = tragedian n. 1. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > writer or author > [noun] > writer of tragedy tragedian?c1400 tragedya1464 tragedy writer1552 tragic1594 tragedist1802 tragedianess1822 1802 tr. L. S. Mercier Paris Delineated II. cxvii. 8 He [sc. the son of Crebillon] was shaped like a poplar, tall and slender, and formed a striking contrast with the robust frame and open chest of the tragedist. 1823 G. Darley in London Mag. Dec. 647/2 The os magna sonans..is the first great qualification for a tragedist, and this qualification the Author of the Bride's Tragedy most undeniably possesses. 1870 Educ. Times June 60/1 He has chosen Euripides for translation as being that one of the three Tragedists most likely to interest English readers. 1910 C. Hamilton Theory of Theatre vii. 129 The melodramatist exhibits merely what may happen; the tragedist exhibits what must happen. 2010 Leader-Post (Regina, Sask.) (Nexis) 18 Nov. d4 The greatest Greek tragedists couldn't have invented the tale of New York Yankees great Mickey Mantle. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1802 |
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