单词 | Aesopian |
释义 | Aesopian /ee soh"pee euhn, ee sop"ee-/, adj. 1. of, pertaining to, or characteristic of Aesop or his fables: a story that points an Aesopian moral. 2. conveying meaning by hint, euphemism, innuendo, or the like: In the candidate's Aesopian language, "soft on Communism" was to be interpreted as "Communist sympathizer." Also, Aesopic /ee sop"ik/. [1870-75; < LL Aesopi(us) + -AN] |
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