prosopopoeial
See also: prosopopœial
English
Etymology
From prosopopoeia + -al.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /pɹɒsə(ʊ)pəˈpiːəl/
Adjective
prosopopoeial (comparative more prosopopoeial, superlative most prosopopoeial)
- Prosopopoeic. [from 16th c.]
- 1603, John Florio, translating Michel de Montaigne, 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 […].
- 1603, John Florio, translating Michel de Montaigne, Essays, III.13:
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