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单词 poetomachia
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Poetomachian.

Brit. /ˌpəʊᵻtə(ʊ)ˈmakɪə/, /ˌpəʊᵻtə(ʊ)ˈmeɪkɪə/, U.S. /ˈˌpoʊədoʊˈmækiə/, /ˈˌpoʊədoʊˈmeɪkiə/
Forms: also with lower-case initial.
Origin: Either (i) a borrowing from Latin, combined with English elements. Or (ii) a borrowing from Greek, combined with English elements. Etymons: poet n., -o- connective, Latin -machia ; poet n., -o- connective, Greek -μαχία.
Etymology: < poet n. + -o- connective + classical Latin -machia or its etymon ancient Greek -μαχία (see -machy comb. form).
Now historical.
The quarrel and debate about the nature and function of poetic and theatrical writing, conducted (1599–1601) over the course of a number of plays principally by Jonson, Marston, and Dekker, and probably also Shakespeare.
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society > society and the community > dissent > quarrel or quarrelling > [noun] > quarrel between other specific people
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society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > poem or piece of poetry > other types of poem > [noun] > competitive poetic invective
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Poetomachia1602
1602 T. Dekker Satiro-mastix To World sig. A3 That terrible Poetomachia, lately commenc'd betweene Horace the second [sc. Jonson], and a band of leane-witted Poetasters [sc. Marston and Dekker himself].
1898 Athenæum 30 Apr. 562 Never has a clearer picture been drawn of the poetomachia or theatre war, and of the other discordant elements that made up Shakespeare's every-day environment.
1935 R. B. Sharpe Real War of Theatres iii. 113 The question has an important bearing on..the history of the ‘Poetomachia’ and of certain dramatic innovations of the last years of the century.
2000 J. P. Bednarz Shakespeare & Poets' War Introd. 4 The Poetomachia was primarily focused on the writer's responsibility to society.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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