“Fescennine”的英文意思_释义_用法

单词

Fescennine

释义

Fescennine, a. and n.|ˈfɛsəˌnaɪn|
[ad. L. Fescennīn-us pertaining to Fescennia in Etruria, famous for a sort of jeering dialogues in verse.]
A. adj. esp. in Fescennine verses. Pertaining to or characteristic of Fescennia; usually in a bad sense, licentious, obscene, scurrilous.
1601Holland Pliny I. 443 Wanton Fescennine ceremonies.a1637B. Jonson Underwoods (1640) 243 We..dare not aske our wish in Language fescennine.1726Amherst Terræ Fil. i. (ed. 3) 1 A merry oration in the fescennine manner.1815Scott Guy M. xxxvi, To repeat a certain number of Fescennine verses.1873Symonds Grk. Poets viii. 252 A rude Fescennine license.
†B. n. A song or verses of a licentious or scurrilous character. Obs.
1621–51Burton Anat. Mel. iii. i. i. i. 409 Menander..did..write Fescennines, Attellanes, and lascivious songs.1660Jer. Taylor Duct. Dubit. ii. iii. rule 5 §1, I haue seene parts of Virgil changed into impure fescennines.

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