单词 | aesopism |
释义 | Aesopismn. A condition, story, practice, or other feature characteristic or reminiscent of Aesop. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > prose > narrative or story > parable, allegory, or apologue > [noun] byspelc950 by-talea1300 forbyseninga1300 fable1340 parablec1384 similitudea1425 examplec1425 allegoryc1450 problema1500 apologuea1555 byworda1557 mythology1603 Aesopism1845 exemplum1883 1845 Brit. Q. Rev. 1 194 The possession of a stutter would be called Demosthenism; that of a crooked spine, Esopism; the lack of an arm, Nelsonism, and so on. 1857 Dublin Univ. Mag. June 749/2 I take leave to save out of the fire the following little batch of Æsopisms, taken down by me from memory as morsels of our friend's wise talk. 1905 J. M. Robertson Did Shakespeare write 'Titus Andronicus'? 146 The Æsopism about the crow figuring at court. 1995 M. Finke Metapoesis Notes 173 This fable, censorship, and Aesopism in Russian literature find interesting treatment in Laura Wilhelm, ‘The Aesopic Legacy in Russian Literature’ (unpublished manuscript). This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1845 |
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