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单词 proceleusmatic
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proceleusmaticn.adj.

Brit. /ˌprɒsᵻljuːzˈmatɪk/, /ˌprɒsᵻljuːsˈmatɪk/, U.S. /ˈˌproʊsəˌluzˈmædɪk/, /ˈˌproʊsəˌlusˈmædɪk/
Forms: 1700s–1800s proceleusmatick, 1700s– proceleusmatic.
Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin proceleusmaticus.
Etymology: < classical Latin proceleusmaticus, designating a metrical foot of four short syllables, (noun) foot of four short syllables (short for proceleusmaticus pēs proceleusmatic foot; from 1st cent. a.d. in grammarians; usually in form proceleumaticus ) < Hellenistic Greek προκελευσματικός , designating a metrical foot of four short syllables, (noun) foot of four short syllables (short for προκελευσματικός πούς proceleusmatic foot) < ancient Greek προ- pro- prefix2 + κέλευσματ- , κέλευσμα (also κέλευμα ) celeusma n. + -ικός -ic suffix, after Hellenistic Greek προκελεύειν to give orders beforehand. (Byzantine Greek προκελευσματ-, προκέλευσμα ‘incitement’ is found in an isolated attestation in the 11th cent.) Compare French procéleusmatique, noun (1752 in Trévoux).
A. n.
Prosody. A metrical foot of four short syllables.
ΘΚΠ
society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > versification > metre > [noun] > foot > four short syllables
proceleusmatic1708
tetraseme1895
1708 T. Watt Gram. made Easie (ed. 2) 63 And in this Verse of Virgil there seems to be a Proceleusmatick in the fifth place.
1751 J. Wesley Wks. (1872) XIV. 74 A Proceleusmatic, which is four short.
1784 J. B. Seale Anal. Greek Metres iii. 12 In some instances the proper foot is resolved into a Proceleusmatic.
1837 C. P. Brown Sanscrit Prosody 13 One long being equal to two shorts, the admissible feet are the spondee, dactyl, amphibrach, anapæst and proceleusmatic.
1885 Trans. Amer. Philol. Assoc. 16 93 The great number of proceleusmatics gives a hurrying rapidity of motion.
1900 H. W. Smyth Greek Melic Poets 344 Mar[ius] Vic[torinus] says that proceleusmatics were used in Satyric plays, whereas they are alien to sober compositions in anapaests.
1991 Amer. Jrnl. Philol. 112 447 Lines 922–30 of this passage are..marked by Doric α-forms and a proceleusmatic at the end instead of the usual paroemiac.
B. adj.
1. Prosody. Relating to or designating a proceleusmatic; (of a word) consisting of four short syllables.
ΘΚΠ
society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > versification > metre > [adjective] > composed in feet > proceleusmatic
proceleusmatic1763
tetrachronous1891
tetrasemic1891
1763 J. Foster Ess. Accent & Quantity (ed. 2) 37 So the word instead of being, as most Scholars imagine, a Proceleusmatic foot..will become the fourth Epitrite.
1818 H. Hallam View Europe Middle Ages II. ix. 425 The proceleusmatic foot, or four short syllables, instead of the dactyl.
1852 J. S. Blackie Pronunc. Greek 43 The tendency to the ineffective tribrachic and even proceleusmatic accent in the termination of our polysyllables.
1924 Classical Q. 18 43 [This] would account for the lacuna by haplography, as well as for the change of mei to me (posita pot- is, of course, a proceleusmatic foot).
1929 Amer. Jrnl. Philol. 50 99 In an appendix one of Fraenkel's students applies the same method to proceleusmatic words with ictus like facílius.
1996 Classical Rev. 46 238 Monographs on various aspects, including the special ‘licences’ allowed in the first foot, iambic shortening, and proceleusmatic words.
2. That causes or engenders excitement or enthusiasm; encouraging, animating. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > excitement > exciting > [adjective]
stirring1421
excitative1490
rousing1576
animating1595
excitant1608
exciteful?1615
spirit-stirringa1616
spiritous1624
excitatinga1643
exagitating1646
fermentive1656
awakening1694
electrifying1746
upstirring1751
electrical1760
thrilling1768
excitive1774
proceleusmatic1775
electric1789
inspiriting1796
fermentitious1807
exciting1811
red-hot1835
hair-raising1838
suscitating1840
arousing1841
sizzling1845
zesty1853
excitory1861
throbbing1864
buzzing1882
ding-dong1887
thrillful1887
stir-up1890
large1895
thrilly1896
high voltage1909
voltaic1920
sizzly1936
Boy's Own1967
hot shit1967
crunk1995
1775 S. Johnson Journey W. Islands 140 The ancient proceleusmatick song, by which the rowers of gallies were animated.
1818 C. Mills Hist. Crusades (1822) I. 55 (note) In an army..there were as many proceleusmatick words as there were banners.
1866 C. Engel Introd. Study National Music iii. 115 The oar-song of the Hebridians, which resembles the proceleusmatic verse by which the rowers of Grecian galleys were animated.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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