单词 | tyrtaean |
释义 | Tyrtaeanadj. Pertaining to or in the style of Tyrtæus, a Greek poet of the 7th century b.c., who composed martial songs for the Spartans; martial, warlike. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > war > [adjective] > warlike > of persons fightya1325 fightinga1340 fadea1400 maliciousc1400 warly1423 bellicose1432 warlike1488 bellicous1536 bellosious1606 debellative1651 Tyrtaean1880 warry1901 1880 A. C. Swinburne Study of Shakespeare ii. 114 There was nothing of the dry Tyrtæan twang, the dull mechanic resonance. 1898 G. W. E. Russell Coll. & Recoll. 380 Twenty years ago..the music-halls rang with the ‘Great MacDermott's’ Tyrtæan strain:—We don't want to fight; but, by Jingo, if we do [etc.]. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1916; most recently modified version published online December 2019). < |
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