rocambolesqueadj.

Brit.

/rɒˌkambəˈlɛsk/, U.S.

/rɑˌkæmbəˈlɛsk/

Forms: also with capital initial.

Origin: Either (i) a borrowing from French; originally modelled on an Italian lexical item. Or (ii) from a proper name, combined with an English element; originally modelled on an Italian lexical item. Etymons: French rocambolesque ; proper name Rocambole , -esque suffix.

Etymology: Either < French rocambolesque suggestive of Rocambole, (hence in extended use) fantastic, bizarre (1898; < Rocambole , the name of a character who is the subject of improbable and fantastic adventures in the novels of P.-A. Ponson du Terrail (1829–71), French author (perhaps ultimately < rocambole rocambole n.) + -esque -esque suffix), or < the name of Rocambole + -esque suffix, originally after Italian rocambolesco (1905; < French).

Suggestive of Rocambole, a character in the novels of the French author Ponson du Terrail (1829–71), renowned for his improbable and fanciful adventures; incredible, fantastic, bizarre.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > faculty of imagination > fancy or fantastic notion > [adjective] > of fanciful nature

feigned1526

fantasticala1546

conceited1588

capricious1594

fanatical1598

vaporous1605

chimerical1638

chimeric1655

lymphatical1678

chimerian1682

wild goose1770

visionary1777

whimmy1785

whimming1787

Laputan1866

viewy1866

Alice1872

Alice-in-Wonderland1874

fantasied1882

Alician1898

blue-sky1920

pie in the sky1930

rocambolesque1935

1935 R. Williams tr. C. Pellizzi Eng. Drama iv. 139 Coincidence, performed in America in 1929, where satire on the elections is joined to a strange and almost Rocambolesque [It. rocambolesco] plot.

1960 B. Marshall Divided Lady i. xxi. 75 How amused the General would have been by this rocambolesque religiosity.

1976 New Society 13 May 370/3 An exemplary surrealistic life..which included a rocambolesque episode..in which he kidnapped his Bulgarian mistress from her husband.

2000 Independent (Nexis) 18 Jan. 6 It is an erudite sociological document composed in the style of a rocambolesque pornographic novel, all obviously based on the author's rich personal experience.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	rocambolesque
释义	rocambolesqueadj. Brit. /rɒˌkambəˈlɛsk/, U.S. /rɑˌkæmbəˈlɛsk/ Forms: also with capital initial. Origin: Either (i) a borrowing from French; originally modelled on an Italian lexical item. Or (ii) from a proper name, combined with an English element; originally modelled on an Italian lexical item. Etymons: French rocambolesque ; proper name Rocambole , -esque suffix. Etymology: Either < French rocambolesque suggestive of Rocambole, (hence in extended use) fantastic, bizarre (1898; < Rocambole , the name of a character who is the subject of improbable and fantastic adventures in the novels of P.-A. Ponson du Terrail (1829–71), French author (perhaps ultimately < rocambole rocambole n.) + -esque -esque suffix), or < the name of Rocambole + -esque suffix, originally after Italian rocambolesco (1905; < French). Suggestive of Rocambole, a character in the novels of the French author Ponson du Terrail (1829–71), renowned for his improbable and fanciful adventures; incredible, fantastic, bizarre. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > faculty of imagination > fancy or fantastic notion > [adjective] > of fanciful nature feigned1526 fantasticala1546 conceited1588 capricious1594 fanatical1598 vaporous1605 chimerical1638 chimeric1655 lymphatical1678 chimerian1682 wild goose1770 visionary1777 whimmy1785 whimming1787 Laputan1866 viewy1866 Alice1872 Alice-in-Wonderland1874 fantasied1882 Alician1898 blue-sky1920 pie in the sky1930 rocambolesque1935 1935 R. Williams tr. C. Pellizzi Eng. Drama iv. 139 Coincidence, performed in America in 1929, where satire on the elections is joined to a strange and almost Rocambolesque [It. rocambolesco] plot. 1960 B. Marshall Divided Lady i. xxi. 75 How amused the General would have been by this rocambolesque religiosity. 1976 New Society 13 May 370/3 An exemplary surrealistic life..which included a rocambolesque episode..in which he kidnapped his Bulgarian mistress from her husband. 2000 Independent (Nexis) 18 Jan. 6 It is an erudite sociological document composed in the style of a rocambolesque pornographic novel, all obviously based on the author's rich personal experience. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1935
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