prosopopoeial

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See also: prosopopœial

English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From prosopopoeia +‎ -al.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • (UK) IPA(key): /pɹɒsə(ʊ)pəˈpiːəl/

Adjective[edit]

prosopopoeial (comparative more prosopopoeial, superlative most prosopopoeial)

  1. Prosopopoeic. [from 16th c.]
    • 1603, Michel de Montaigne, translated by John Florio, Essays, III.13:
      They glut your eares with their Prognostications, and surprising me heretofore, when by my sicknesse I was brought very low and weake, they have injuriously handled me with their Doctrines, positions, prescriptions, magistrall fopperies, and prosopopeyall gravity […].

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