amoebaeanamoebeanadj.

Brit.

/əˈmiːbɪən/, U.S.

/əˈmibiən/

Forms: 1600s amebaean, 1600s 1900s– amoebaean, 1700s–1800s amoebean, 1800s amoibean, 2000s– amebean.

Etymology: < post-classical Latin amoebaeus responsive (4th cent.; < ancient Greek ἀμοιβαῖος interchanging < ἀμοιβή change (see amoeba n.) + -αῖος, suffix forming adjectives) + -an suffix.

Characterized by alternating responses; alternately answering, responsive.Esp. with reference to the form of a poem or other literary work.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > part of poem > [adjective] > stanzaic > alternately answering

amoebaean1634

Meliboean1837

1634 J. Bidle tr. Virgil Bucolicks vii. sig. B6^v Then Both strove in Alternate Verses terse; The Muses crav'd an Amebæan Verse [L. alternos Musae meminisse volebant].

1770 Monthly Rev. Aug. 83 From what other cause do you imagine Pastoral could derive..that amoebean manner of speaking?

1861 Sat. Rev. 25 May 526 That amœbean exchange of witticisms between the Bench and the Bar.

1883 Cornhill Mag. Jan. 80 Spring and Winter..sing an amœbean ode.

1982 W. Moskalew Formular Lang. & Poetic Design in Aeneid ii. 42 He prefers to rely on the repetition of names and emphatic words to articulate the amoebaean nature of the paired speeches.

2005 C. B. Johnson in D. W. Foster et al. Spanish Lit. 203 The amebean song of the two shepherds Alcino and Tirreno.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2021; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	amoebaean
释义	amoebaeanamoebeanadj. Brit. /əˈmiːbɪən/, U.S. /əˈmibiən/ Forms: 1600s amebaean, 1600s 1900s– amoebaean, 1700s–1800s amoebean, 1800s amoibean, 2000s– amebean. Etymology: < post-classical Latin amoebaeus responsive (4th cent.; < ancient Greek ἀμοιβαῖος interchanging < ἀμοιβή change (see amoeba n.) + -αῖος, suffix forming adjectives) + -an suffix. Characterized by alternating responses; alternately answering, responsive.Esp. with reference to the form of a poem or other literary work. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > part of poem > [adjective] > stanzaic > alternately answering amoebaean1634 Meliboean1837 1634 J. Bidle tr. Virgil Bucolicks vii. sig. B6^v Then Both strove in Alternate Verses terse; The Muses crav'd an Amebæan Verse [L. alternos Musae meminisse volebant]. 1770 Monthly Rev. Aug. 83 From what other cause do you imagine Pastoral could derive..that amoebean manner of speaking? 1861 Sat. Rev. 25 May 526 That amœbean exchange of witticisms between the Bench and the Bar. 1883 Cornhill Mag. Jan. 80 Spring and Winter..sing an amœbean ode. 1982 W. Moskalew Formular Lang. & Poetic Design in Aeneid ii. 42 He prefers to rely on the repetition of names and emphatic words to articulate the amoebaean nature of the paired speeches. 2005 C. B. Johnson in D. W. Foster et al. Spanish Lit. 203 The amebean song of the two shepherds Alcino and Tirreno. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2021; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.1634
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