† Aesopicaladj.

Forms: 1500s–1600s Esopicall, 1600s Aesopicall, 1600s Esopical, 1600s–1800s Aesopical.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin Aesopicus , -al suffix¹.

Etymology: < post-classical Latin Aesopicus (see Aesopic adj.) + -al suffix¹.

Obsolete.

= Aesopic adj. 1.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > literature > prose > narrative or story > parable, allegory, or apologue > [adjective] > relating to Aesop

Aesopical1566

Aesopic1664

Aesopian1688

1566 J. Fowler tr. P. Frarinus Oration against Vnlawfull Insurrections Protestantes sig. Kii^v Do not nourisshe & cherishe in your howsen and by your fire syde these venemouse Esopicall adders to your own vndoing especiallie, and to the destruction of all good men.

1611 T. Coryate Crambe To Rdr. sig. H2^v Therefore let this Coryatomastix Zoilus barke at mee as long as he list, swell with enuie as bigge as the Æsopical Toade, and shoote all his darts of malignitie against me.

1723 J. Chamberlayne tr. G. Brandt Hist. Reformation IV. lvi. 331 'Tis an Æsopical Brotherhood which they offer to us, that is to say, such peace and amity as the wolf offered to the sheep.

1771 J. Smith Choir Gaur 15 I wish all such Æsopical cocks, as slight these admired stones,..might be handled, or rather footed, as he was.

1876 Benjamin D—— his Little Dinner 8/2 His habit [sc. lying] so grew upon him, that his friends found it necessary in the end to send him to an asylum for the cure of the inveterately Æsopical.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2021).

单词	aesopical
释义	† Aesopicaladj. Forms: 1500s–1600s Esopicall, 1600s Aesopicall, 1600s Esopical, 1600s–1800s Aesopical. Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin Aesopicus , -al suffix¹. Etymology: < post-classical Latin Aesopicus (see Aesopic adj.) + -al suffix¹. Obsolete. = Aesopic adj. 1. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > prose > narrative or story > parable, allegory, or apologue > [adjective] > relating to Aesop Aesopical1566 Aesopic1664 Aesopian1688 1566 J. Fowler tr. P. Frarinus Oration against Vnlawfull Insurrections Protestantes sig. Kii^v Do not nourisshe & cherishe in your howsen and by your fire syde these venemouse Esopicall adders to your own vndoing especiallie, and to the destruction of all good men. 1611 T. Coryate Crambe To Rdr. sig. H2^v Therefore let this Coryatomastix Zoilus barke at mee as long as he list, swell with enuie as bigge as the Æsopical Toade, and shoote all his darts of malignitie against me. 1723 J. Chamberlayne tr. G. Brandt Hist. Reformation IV. lvi. 331 'Tis an Æsopical Brotherhood which they offer to us, that is to say, such peace and amity as the wolf offered to the sheep. 1771 J. Smith Choir Gaur 15 I wish all such Æsopical cocks, as slight these admired stones,..might be handled, or rather footed, as he was. 1876 Benjamin D—— his Little Dinner 8/2 His habit [sc. lying] so grew upon him, that his friends found it necessary in the end to send him to an asylum for the cure of the inveterately Æsopical. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2021). < adj.1566
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