单词 | cleopatran |
释义 | † Cleopatranadj. Obsolete. Pertaining to or characteristic of Cleopatra, a famous queen of Egypt. ΚΠ 1632 W. Lithgow Totall Disc. Trav. i. 6 To beare Sarpedons Scepter; helpe to sound Your Cleopatran clamours. Derivatives Cleoˈpatrical adj. profusely luxurious. [Compare post-classical Latin Cleopatricus (5th cent.).] ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > physical sensibility > sensuous pleasure > luxury or luxurious living > [adjective] > excessively or effeminately luxurious Sardanapalical1555 Cleopatrical1597 sybarite1599 silkena1616 sybariticala1617 sybaritic1619 sybaritican1623 sybaritish1631 sybarital1839 Sardanapalian1863 1597 Bp. J. Hall Virgidemiarum: 1st 3 Bks. iii. iii. 57 Oh: Cleopatricall: what wanteth there For curious cost, and wondrous choice of cheare? This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.1597 |
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