单词 | pastory |
释义 | † pastoryn.adj. Obsolete. rare. A. n. Pastoral writing. Cf. pastoral n. 3a. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > a written composition > [noun] > pastoral pastoral1584 pastory1717 1717 T. Purney Full Enq. True Nature of Pastoral iv. ii. 85 In Epick Poetry 'tis absurd to make a Compound Word, unless it helps forward the Sence; and in Pastory, it must add to the Softness of the Dialect. B. adj. = pastoral adj. 2a. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > a written composition > [adjective] > pastoral pastorical1559 pastoral1566 pastoritious1656 pastory1752 loco-descriptive1780 Peter-pastoral1819 society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > poem or piece of poetry > pastoral poem > [adjective] pastorical1559 pastoral1566 bucolic1609 pastory1752 1752 R. Thyer in J. Milton Paradise Regain'd & Poems (new ed.) 498 The Pastory Elegy on Sir Philip Sidney. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online June 2018). < n.adj.1717 |
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