hippodromicadj.

Brit.

/ˌhɪpəˈdrɒmɪk/, U.S.

/ˌhɪpəˈdrɑmɪk/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: hippodrome n., -ic suffix.

Etymology: < hippodrome n. + -ic suffix.Compare Greek ἱπποδρομικός of or relating to horse racing, in scholia (medieval Greek or earlier) on Homer Iliad 23. 757.

Of, relating to, or characteristic of a hippodrome (in various senses); resembling or like a hippodrome.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > circus performance > [adjective]

hippodramatic1811

hippodromic1834

hippodromatic1848

tenting1875

circussy1876

1834 Sporting Mag. Oct. 441/2 The change..has given success and interest to the hippodromic [sc. horse-racing] part of the festival.

1840 M. W. Shelley in Shelley's Ess. I. Pref. 19 Well versed in nautical, hippodromic, and other arts.

1893 Nation (N.Y.) 18 May 370/3 The ‘Talisman’ is to a painful extent melodramatic and hippodromic.

1973 Republican-Courier (Findlay, Ohio) 22 Oct. a4/2 The Watergate scandals—scandalous in the commission, scandalous in the hippodromic atmosphere of the investigation.

2016 D. Kraus Death & Life Zebulon Finch I. 362 Hippodromic heights of light, sight, and sound, even for this most covert of undertakings.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	hippodromic
释义	hippodromicadj. Brit. /ˌhɪpəˈdrɒmɪk/, U.S. /ˌhɪpəˈdrɑmɪk/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: hippodrome n., -ic suffix. Etymology: < hippodrome n. + -ic suffix.Compare Greek ἱπποδρομικός of or relating to horse racing, in scholia (medieval Greek or earlier) on Homer Iliad 23. 757. Of, relating to, or characteristic of a hippodrome (in various senses); resembling or like a hippodrome. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > circus performance > [adjective] hippodramatic1811 hippodromic1834 hippodromatic1848 tenting1875 circussy1876 1834 Sporting Mag. Oct. 441/2 The change..has given success and interest to the hippodromic [sc. horse-racing] part of the festival. 1840 M. W. Shelley in Shelley's Ess. I. Pref. 19 Well versed in nautical, hippodromic, and other arts. 1893 Nation (N.Y.) 18 May 370/3 The ‘Talisman’ is to a painful extent melodramatic and hippodromic. 1973 Republican-Courier (Findlay, Ohio) 22 Oct. a4/2 The Watergate scandals—scandalous in the commission, scandalous in the hippodromic atmosphere of the investigation. 2016 D. Kraus Death & Life Zebulon Finch I. 362 Hippodromic heights of light, sight, and sound, even for this most covert of undertakings. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1834
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