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ˈsillograph rare.
[ad. L. sillograph-us, ad. Gr. σιλλογράϕος, f. σίλλος a satirical poem.]
A writer of satires or lampoons; spec. applied to Timon of Phlius (c 268 b.c.).
1845Lewes Hist. Philos. I. 77 His state of mind is finely described by Timon the sillograph. 1849Grote Hist. Greece ii. xxxvii. IV. 526 The sillograph Timon of the third century b.c.
So siˈllographer, siˈllographist.
1656Blount Glossogr., Sillographer, a writer of scoffs, taunts and revilings; such was Timon. 1775Ash, Sillographist. 1845Encycl. Metrop. X. 393/1 Menippus indeed, in common with the Sillographers, seems to have introduced much more parody than even the earliest Roman Satirists. |