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Sotadic, a. and n.|səʊˈtædɪk|
Also 8 Sotadick.
[ad. L. Sōtadic-us, f. Sōtadēs, Gr. σωτάδης: see def.]
A. n.
1. A satire after the manner of Sotades, an ancient Greek poet noted for the coarseness and scurrility of his writings.
1645Milton Colast. Wks. 1851 IV. 378 Perhaps, as the provocation may bee, I may bee driv'n to curle up this gliding prose into a rough Sotadic. 1836Fraser's Mag. XIII. 742 Neither would the keenest bit of satire be a legitimate ‘sotadic’, without that dash of turbulence in it, and sweeping denunciation.
2. Pros. A catalectic tetrameter composed of Ionics a majore.
1830Seager tr. Hermann's Elem. Doctr. Metres 97 [Plautus] has Sotadics in Aul. ii, 1, 30. sq. iii, 2. Amph. i, 1, 14. sq.
B. adj.
1. Characterized by a coarseness or scurrility like that of Sotades.
1716M. Davies Athen. Brit. II. To Rdr. p. xlv, Which favour was..deservedly refus'd to most Necromantick Sotadick and Arian Libels, by the common consent of all Christians.
2. Capable of being read in reverse order; palindromic.
a1814T. Brown in Welsh Life vii. (1825) 350 The second syllable is..the sound reversed, like the reading of a Sotadic line. 1862Wheatley Anagrams 9 Palindromic verses are also sometimes called Sotadic verses.
3. Pros. (See quot. and A. 2.)
1830Seager tr. Hermann's Elem. Doctr. Metres 96 The most noted of Ionic verses à majori is the Sotadic, constructed for recitation only.
So Soˈtadical a. rare.
1610Healey St. Aug. Citie of God 642 Sotadicall verses: that is verses backward and forwards. |