Brockenn.

Brit.

/ˈbrɒk(ə)n/, U.S.

/ˈbrɑkən/

Etymology: < the name the Brocken, the highest of the Harz Mountains in northern Germany, reputed to be the scene of witches' Walpurgis-night revels.

Applied attributively to a magnified shadow of the spectator thrown on a bank of cloud in high mountains when the sun is low and often encircled by rainbow-like bands (first observed on the Brocken). Also applied to a dramatic representation of the Walpurgis-night revels, and transferred.

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the world > matter > light > darkness or absence of light > intercepting or cutting off of light > [adjective] > casting a shadow > of or relating to or resembling a shadow > specific shadow

Brocken1801

1801 Encycl. Brit. Suppl. II. 514/2 Spectre of the Broken, a curious phenomenon observed on the summit of the Broken.

1844 E. B. Barrett Poems II. 45 Waved backwards (as a wind might wave a Brocken mist, and with as brave Wild roaring).

1860 J. Tyndall Glaciers of Alps i. ii. 22 We had, in fact, the Spirit of the Brocken before us.

1888 G. B. Shaw How to become Musical Critic (1960) 136 The Brocken business, which is musically and scenically childish.

1924 G. B. Shaw St. Joan Pref. p. xvii Brocken spectres, echoes and the like.

1951 L. MacNeice tr. J. W. von Goethe Faust II. ii. 202 I could essay many a Brocken-stunt But heathendom seems barred on every front.

1962 Listener 11 Jan. 68/1 We may conceive the divine either as an abstract entity..or else as a Brocken-spectre projection of humanity.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	brocken
释义	Brockenn. Brit. /ˈbrɒk(ə)n/, U.S. /ˈbrɑkən/ Etymology: < the name the Brocken, the highest of the Harz Mountains in northern Germany, reputed to be the scene of witches' Walpurgis-night revels. Applied attributively to a magnified shadow of the spectator thrown on a bank of cloud in high mountains when the sun is low and often encircled by rainbow-like bands (first observed on the Brocken). Also applied to a dramatic representation of the Walpurgis-night revels, and transferred. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > light > darkness or absence of light > intercepting or cutting off of light > [adjective] > casting a shadow > of or relating to or resembling a shadow > specific shadow Brocken1801 1801 Encycl. Brit. Suppl. II. 514/2 Spectre of the Broken, a curious phenomenon observed on the summit of the Broken. 1844 E. B. Barrett Poems II. 45 Waved backwards (as a wind might wave a Brocken mist, and with as brave Wild roaring). 1860 J. Tyndall Glaciers of Alps i. ii. 22 We had, in fact, the Spirit of the Brocken before us. 1888 G. B. Shaw How to become Musical Critic (1960) 136 The Brocken business, which is musically and scenically childish. 1924 G. B. Shaw St. Joan Pref. p. xvii Brocken spectres, echoes and the like. 1951 L. MacNeice tr. J. W. von Goethe Faust II. ii. 202 I could essay many a Brocken-stunt But heathendom seems barred on every front. 1962 Listener 11 Jan. 68/1 We may conceive the divine either as an abstract entity..or else as a Brocken-spectre projection of humanity. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1801
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