| 单词 | vis comica |
| 释义 | > as lemmasvis comica f. vis comica, humorous energy; comic force or effect. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pleasure > laughter > causing laughter > [noun] > one who or that which is comical > quality or condition of comicalness?1691 comicality1718 vis comica1757 drollness1823 funniness1836 farcicality1849 funniosity1920 zaniness1960 1757 S. Foote Author i. 6 My Disposition has, at present, very little of the Vis comica. 1798 T. Holcroft Diary 12 Oct. in Memoirs (1816) III. i. 47 This character has..not enough of the vis comica. 1887 G. M. Hopkins Lett. to R. Bridges (1955) 261 In vis comica, in fun,..it is not strong: still there is enough to make me laugh aloud sometimes. 1911 C. S. H. Brereton & F. Rothwell tr. H. L. Bergson Laughter ii. 71 In the scene..between Sganarelle and Pancrace, the entire vis comica lies in the conflict set up between the idea of Sganarelle..and the obstinacy of the philosopher. 1979 F. Felsenstein in Smollett Trav. p. xxv Smollett's vis comica is..sufficiently broad to allow him to laugh at himself. < as lemmas |
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