Roscianadj.

Brit.

/ˈrɒsɪən/,

/ˈrɒʃɪən/,

/ˈrɒʃ(ə)n/, U.S.

/ˈrɑʃ(i)ən/

Forms: 1600s Rosscian, 1600s– Roscian.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin Rosciānus.

Etymology: < classical Latin Rosciānus characteristic of Roscius < the name of Quintus Roscius Gallus (see Roscius n.) + -ānus -an suffix. Compare slightly earlier Roscius n.

Now rare.

Of, relating to, or characteristic of the actor Roscius; famous for acting.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > drama > actor > [adjective] > type of actor by performance

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Roscian1607

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1607 T. Walkington Optick Glasse f. 43^v A Roscian wit is onely in gesture, when one can farre more wittily expresse a thing by dumb externall action, then by a liuely internall inuention.

1636 T. Heywood Challenge Prol. Our (once applauded) Rosscian straine In acting such might be reviv'd againe.

1659 T. Pecke Parnassi Puerperium 180 That Ben, whose Head deserv'd the Roscian Bayes, Was the first gave the Name of Works, to Playes.

1757 S. Boyce Poems 155 You [sc. Garrick] grace the roscian sphere, As great in Chalkstone as in Lear.

1822 J. H. Reynolds Press iii. 126 Galt monthly yields his quaint yet pleasing tomes, Colman with laughter shakes the Roscian domes; Egan astounds with civic slang our ears.

1861 C. Dickens Great Expectations II. xi. 196 The celebrated provincial amateur of Roscian renown.

1919 Stud. Philol. 16 370 The drama of the Roscian period had become obsolete.

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

单词	roscian
释义	Roscianadj. Brit. /ˈrɒsɪən/, /ˈrɒʃɪən/, /ˈrɒʃ(ə)n/, U.S. /ˈrɑʃ(i)ən/ Forms: 1600s Rosscian, 1600s– Roscian. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin Rosciānus. Etymology: < classical Latin Rosciānus characteristic of Roscius < the name of Quintus Roscius Gallus (see Roscius n.) + -ānus -an suffix. Compare slightly earlier Roscius n. Now rare. Of, relating to, or characteristic of the actor Roscius; famous for acting. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > drama > actor > [adjective] > type of actor by performance tear-cat1606 Roscian1607 buffo1789 stickish1810 Protean1871 glimmery1892 hammy1929 ham1935 pixilated1959 1607 T. Walkington Optick Glasse f. 43^v A Roscian wit is onely in gesture, when one can farre more wittily expresse a thing by dumb externall action, then by a liuely internall inuention. 1636 T. Heywood Challenge Prol. Our (once applauded) Rosscian straine In acting such might be reviv'd againe. 1659 T. Pecke Parnassi Puerperium 180 That Ben, whose Head deserv'd the Roscian Bayes, Was the first gave the Name of Works, to Playes. 1757 S. Boyce Poems 155 You [sc. Garrick] grace the roscian sphere, As great in Chalkstone as in Lear. 1822 J. H. Reynolds Press iii. 126 Galt monthly yields his quaint yet pleasing tomes, Colman with laughter shakes the Roscian domes; Egan astounds with civic slang our ears. 1861 C. Dickens Great Expectations II. xi. 196 The celebrated provincial amateur of Roscian renown. 1919 Stud. Philol. 16 370 The drama of the Roscian period had become obsolete. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1607
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