Psycheanadj.

Brit.

/sʌɪˈkiːən/, U.S.

/saɪˈkiən/

Origin: From a proper name, combined with an English element. Etymons: proper name Psyche , -an suffix.

Etymology: < the name of Psyche (see psyche n.) + -an suffix; compare -ean suffix. Compare earlier Herculean adj., Penelopean adj., etc.

Of or relating to Psyche, the lover of Cupid in classical literature, esp. with reference to her grace or beauty, or to the superhuman tasks she had to perform.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the supernatural > deity > classical deity > [adjective] > of other classical deities

Palladian1562

Demogorgonian1569

Minerva-like1598

Trophonian1603

Latonian1605

Minerval1610

Uranian1656

vertumnal1705

Psychean1828

1828 Lights & Shades Eng. Life II. 186 You might have sprained it [sc. your ankle] with more grace in a Psychean quadrille.

1849 Southern Literary Messenger 15 278/2 As with light Psychean grace Through illimitable space Thou tak'st thy pathless way.

1919 Fort Wayne (Indiana) Jrnl.-Gaz. 19 Jan. 3/3 Professor S. C. DeSilva was..principal of the Psychean school.

1931 R. Bottrall Loosening 12 Time to call up Eros armed to his new Psychean task Of mobilizing moving dunes of grainèd sand.

1972 Language 48 946 Strang will..cap her already Herculean (or perhaps Psychean) labors with an improved second edition.

2000 Slavic Rev. 59 552 The Psychean ideal of an otherworldly, posthumous union of equal souls made possible only through earthly isolation, torments, and trials.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	psychean
释义	Psycheanadj. Brit. /sʌɪˈkiːən/, U.S. /saɪˈkiən/ Origin: From a proper name, combined with an English element. Etymons: proper name Psyche , -an suffix. Etymology: < the name of Psyche (see psyche n.) + -an suffix; compare -ean suffix. Compare earlier Herculean adj., Penelopean adj., etc. Of or relating to Psyche, the lover of Cupid in classical literature, esp. with reference to her grace or beauty, or to the superhuman tasks she had to perform. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > deity > classical deity > [adjective] > of other classical deities Palladian1562 Demogorgonian1569 Minerva-like1598 Trophonian1603 Latonian1605 Minerval1610 Uranian1656 vertumnal1705 Psychean1828 1828 Lights & Shades Eng. Life II. 186 You might have sprained it [sc. your ankle] with more grace in a Psychean quadrille. 1849 Southern Literary Messenger 15 278/2 As with light Psychean grace Through illimitable space Thou tak'st thy pathless way. 1919 Fort Wayne (Indiana) Jrnl.-Gaz. 19 Jan. 3/3 Professor S. C. DeSilva was..principal of the Psychean school. 1931 R. Bottrall Loosening 12 Time to call up Eros armed to his new Psychean task Of mobilizing moving dunes of grainèd sand. 1972 Language 48 946 Strang will..cap her already Herculean (or perhaps Psychean) labors with an improved second edition. 2000 Slavic Rev. 59 552 The Psychean ideal of an otherworldly, posthumous union of equal souls made possible only through earthly isolation, torments, and trials. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1828
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