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单词 prothalamion
释义 prothalamion|prəʊθəˈleɪmɪən|
Also (in mod. Dicts.) -ium.
[Invented by Spenser, after epithalamion, epithalamium: see pro-2.]
‘A preliminary nuptial song’ (Stanf.).
1597Spenser (title) Prothalamion, or a Spousall Verse.1612Drayton Poly-olb. xv. Argt. 8 At Oxford all the Muses meet her And with a Prothalamion greet her.1627Miseries Q. Margaret Poems (1748) 141 Poets write prothalamions in their praise Until men's ears were cloy'd with the report. [1896Spectator 31 Oct. 594/1 ‘Prothalamion’. Spenser must have invented this word, as it does not exist in either Greek or Latin, to express the idea of a song of greeting to happy lovers before the actual wedding-day had arrived.]
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