Menippean
形容词 adj.
英文释义
形容词 adj.
- Of or relating to the Ancient Greek cynic parodist and polemicist Menippus (3rd century BCE).
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Of or relating to a form of satire, usually in prose, which has a length and structure similar to a novel and is characterized by attacking mental attitudes instead of specific individuals.
— Without a doubt, the most unusual, the most conspicuous, and the most Menippean feature of the curious verbal landscape of Finnegans Wake is the ten 'thunderclaps.'
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From Menippus + -ean.
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