uroborosn.

/jʊərəʊˈbɒrəs/

Forms: Also ouroboros, uroborus.

Etymology: < Greek οὐροβόρος, also οὐρη-, devouring its tail (frequently connected with δράκων).

The symbol, usually in the form of a circle, of a snake (or dragon) eating its tail.

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society > communication > representation > physical representation of abstraction > symbolizing > [noun] > a symbol > specific symbols

cross-bones1798

marrowbones1824

skull and crossbones1826

uroboros1940

corn dolly1952

1940 H. G. Baynes Mythol. of Soul vi. 221 Thus the uroborus symbol represents our psychic continuity with the immemorial past.

1940 H. G. Baynes Mythol. of Soul vi. 221 Geber, or Jabir, the most famous of the Arabian alchemists, who lived in Kufa about a.d. 776, used the uroborus to represent a closed system or magic ring, denoting the idea of an eternal process.

1953 R. F. C. Hull tr. C. G. Jung Psychol. & Alchemy in Coll. Wks. XII. iii. v. 357 The alchemical parallel..is the double nature of Mercurius, which shows itself most clearly in the Uroboros, the dragon that devours, fertilizes, begets, and slays itself and brings itself to life again.

1957 N. Frye Anat. Crit. 157 Alchemical symbolism takes the ouroborus and the hermaphrodite..in this redemptive context.

1975 Hughes & Brecht Vicious Circles & Infinity Fig. 11 The ouroboros, the snake with his tail in his mouth, is the prototype of the vicious circle... The ‘Endless Snake’ depicts an ouroboros who has become one with himself. It has fallen into the mathematical sign for infinity.

Draft additions 1993

uroˈboric adj. resembling or suggestive of a uroboros.

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society > communication > representation > physical representation of abstraction > symbolizing > [adjective]

figural?a1500

sacramental1534

shadowing1579

hieroglyphical1581

similitudinary1581

morala1616

symbolical1620

characterical1634

shadowy1641

emblematical1644

emblematic1645

hieroglyphic1647

symbolic1681

emblematizing1751

tokening1820

imagerial1837

twi-necked1840

personating1851

symptomatic1853

symbolizing1909

uroboric1958

1958 Times Lit. Suppl. 23 May p. xii/4 The concept of an amorphous psychic chaos, the primal, completely dark and unconscious ‘uroboric’ state of the human psyche.

1984 A. Carter Nights at Circus ii. ii. 107 That durably metaphoric, uroboric snake with its tail in its mouth.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	uroboros
释义	uroborosn. /jʊərəʊˈbɒrəs/ Forms: Also ouroboros, uroborus. Etymology: < Greek οὐροβόρος, also οὐρη-, devouring its tail (frequently connected with δράκων). The symbol, usually in the form of a circle, of a snake (or dragon) eating its tail. ΘΚΠ society > communication > representation > physical representation of abstraction > symbolizing > [noun] > a symbol > specific symbols cross-bones1798 marrowbones1824 skull and crossbones1826 uroboros1940 corn dolly1952 1940 H. G. Baynes Mythol. of Soul vi. 221 Thus the uroborus symbol represents our psychic continuity with the immemorial past. 1940 H. G. Baynes Mythol. of Soul vi. 221 Geber, or Jabir, the most famous of the Arabian alchemists, who lived in Kufa about a.d. 776, used the uroborus to represent a closed system or magic ring, denoting the idea of an eternal process. 1953 R. F. C. Hull tr. C. G. Jung Psychol. & Alchemy in Coll. Wks. XII. iii. v. 357 The alchemical parallel..is the double nature of Mercurius, which shows itself most clearly in the Uroboros, the dragon that devours, fertilizes, begets, and slays itself and brings itself to life again. 1957 N. Frye Anat. Crit. 157 Alchemical symbolism takes the ouroborus and the hermaphrodite..in this redemptive context. 1975 Hughes & Brecht Vicious Circles & Infinity Fig. 11 The ouroboros, the snake with his tail in his mouth, is the prototype of the vicious circle... The ‘Endless Snake’ depicts an ouroboros who has become one with himself. It has fallen into the mathematical sign for infinity. Draft additions 1993 uroˈboric adj. resembling or suggestive of a uroboros. ΘΚΠ society > communication > representation > physical representation of abstraction > symbolizing > [adjective] figural?a1500 sacramental1534 shadowing1579 hieroglyphical1581 similitudinary1581 morala1616 symbolical1620 characterical1634 shadowy1641 emblematical1644 emblematic1645 hieroglyphic1647 symbolic1681 emblematizing1751 tokening1820 imagerial1837 twi-necked1840 personating1851 symptomatic1853 symbolizing1909 uroboric1958 1958 Times Lit. Suppl. 23 May p. xii/4 The concept of an amorphous psychic chaos, the primal, completely dark and unconscious ‘uroboric’ state of the human psyche. 1984 A. Carter Nights at Circus ii. ii. 107 That durably metaphoric, uroboric snake with its tail in its mouth. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1940
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