| 单词 | horatian satire |
| 释义 | > as lemmasHoratian satire Horatian satire n. any of the eighteen poems comprising Horace's Satires, or a poem resembling these; (as a mass noun) the style of satire associated with Horace, characterized by gentle mockery and playful humour (opposed to Juvenalian satire n. at Juvenalian adj. Additions). ΚΠ 1721 J. Dennis Orig. Lett. II. 434 That dexterous Insinuation, that fine good Sense, and that true Pleasantry, which are united in the Horatian Satire. 1841 W. Spalding Italy & Ital. Islands I. i. iii. 134 These Horatian satires and epistles, travelling a middle road between prose and poetry, are equally admirable in their mechanism and..matter. 1867 Belgravia July 103 The Spectator, with its sparkling beauties of diction and its Horatian satire, was also the child of Addison and Steele. 1917 Trans. & Proc. Amer. Philol. Assoc. 48 125 What light have we, then, as to the purpose and method of Horatian satire? 1920 C. H. C. Wright French Classicism i. iv. 48 To the didactic poem and formal satire Vauquelin himself contributed as much as anyone.., by his Art poétique itself and his Horatian satires. 2012 M. V. Tueth Reeling with Laughter vi. 101 Horatian satire can be found in the stand-up routines of most late-night hosts. < as lemmas |
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