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, 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 […].

Translations

Translations

Italian: prosopopeico
Polish: animizacyjny

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