Hispericadj.

/hɪˈspɛrɪk/

Etymology: < medieval Latin Hisperica (see definition). Compare German hisperisch.

Epithet of a variety of medieval Latin, of which Hisperica Famina (probably of the 6th century) is a notable example, characterized by a highly artificial vocabulary of which the use of borrowed words of Hebrew, Greek, and other origin is a salient feature.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > ornateness > [adjective] > laboured or pedantic

tricked1549

pedantical1592

laboured1613

pedantic1631

laborious1657

stiff1664

long-nebbed1818

stiltified1820

stiltish1824

overwrought1839

uncolloquial1840

stilty1845

Ollendorffian1848

literose1859

stilted1874

Hisperic1904

1904 W. P. Ker Dark Ages 35 The ‘Hisperic’ vocabulary, which is that of Apuleius, Florus, Martianus Capella, exaggerated out of all measure.

1907 Cambr. Hist. Eng. Lit. I. 69 The hymn..known as Altus prosator contains very marked specimens of Hisperic Latinity.

1931 E. J. Jones Hist. Educ. Wales I. 179 Hisperic words are included in the Anglo-Saxon glossaries of the tenth century.

1948 E. S. Duckett Anglo-Saxon Saints & Scholars i. 75 Rhyming eight-syllabled lines, again filled with uncouth Hisperic words.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online March 2021).

单词	hisperic
释义	Hispericadj. /hɪˈspɛrɪk/ Etymology: < medieval Latin Hisperica (see definition). Compare German hisperisch. Epithet of a variety of medieval Latin, of which Hisperica Famina (probably of the 6th century) is a notable example, characterized by a highly artificial vocabulary of which the use of borrowed words of Hebrew, Greek, and other origin is a salient feature. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > ornateness > [adjective] > laboured or pedantic tricked1549 pedantical1592 laboured1613 pedantic1631 laborious1657 stiff1664 long-nebbed1818 stiltified1820 stiltish1824 overwrought1839 uncolloquial1840 stilty1845 Ollendorffian1848 literose1859 stilted1874 Hisperic1904 1904 W. P. Ker Dark Ages 35 The ‘Hisperic’ vocabulary, which is that of Apuleius, Florus, Martianus Capella, exaggerated out of all measure. 1907 Cambr. Hist. Eng. Lit. I. 69 The hymn..known as Altus prosator contains very marked specimens of Hisperic Latinity. 1931 E. J. Jones Hist. Educ. Wales I. 179 Hisperic words are included in the Anglo-Saxon glossaries of the tenth century. 1948 E. S. Duckett Anglo-Saxon Saints & Scholars i. 75 Rhyming eight-syllabled lines, again filled with uncouth Hisperic words. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online March 2021). < adj.1904
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