aeolism
aeolism is the alternative form of Aeolism.
Noun (1) capitalized: Aeolism
Aeolism (countable and uncountable, plural Aeolisms)
- The use of the Aeolic language or its syntactic structures.
- This approach, however, of Aeolians to Ionians is ambiguous and accidental, and historical indications go far to show that their distinction was all but primitive; that Dorism developed independently from an Aeolism with which Ionism was already in marked contrast, at some point of earlier...1875, William Watkiss Lloyd, The age of Pericles, a history of the politics and arts of Greece
- It should be remarked that Aeolism in Homer is seen not so much in a general modification of the Ionic dialect, as in the occasional employment of the forms and flexions regarded as characteristic of the Aeolic.1876, William Walker Merry, James Riddell, Homer's Odyssey - Volume 1, page 196
- A usage of Aeolic within a work in another language.
- Cassola regards the short form as an Aeolism (cf. Chantraine I, 161-3), which from an epic point of view would be an archaism.1978, Johannes Van Eck, The Homeric Hymn to Aphrodite, page 23
- This ending may also be considered a mere Ionism or an Aeolism.2012, Maren Niehoff, Homer and the Bible in the Eyes of Ancient Interpreters, →ISBN, page 202
Noun (2) capitalized: Aeolism
Aeolism (countable and uncountable, plural Aeolisms)
- A fictional religion in the works of Jonathan Swift that worships the wind in general, and rhetorical form over substance in particular.
- Of course Aeolism is only a satirical invention, but it has a general application to all absurd philosophising (also to 'common sense' - a terrifying twist, this, uniquely Swiftian).1975, Derek Kenneth Collett Todd, I am not Prince Hamlet, page 52
- A tendency toward rhetorical embellishments.
- Aeolism, or the emphasis on the form or sound of words per se rather than on their meaning or sense, presently flourishes under many dignified guises.1965, Arnold M. Ludwig, The importance of lying, page 120
- After the pipes have their final victory over the Aeolistic William, Peter Stuyvesant comes to the head of the state. His measures against Aeolism are swift: he gives his councilors "abundance of fair long pipes" (p. 248) and makes "a hideous rout among the ingenious inventions and expedients of...1992, David Durant, “Aeolism in Knickerbocker's A History of New York”, in On Humor
- A reference to or instance of wind; windiness.
- 'Aeolisms abound in the course of the episode; 'big blow out,' 'the vent of his jacket,' 'windfall when he kicks out,' etc."1996, Kevin J. H. Dettmar, The Illicit Joyce of Postmodernism: Reading Against the Grain, →ISBN
Forms of aeolism
| plural | aeolisms |
|---|---|
| plural | Aeolisms |
| alternative form | aeolism |
Origin of aeolism
From Aeolic + -ism.
From Aeolus, the Greek god of wind.
Questions about aeolism
- What does aeolism mean?
- Aeolism means the use of the Aeolic language or its syntactic structures.
- What is aeolism the alternative form of?
- Aeolism is the alternative form of Aeolism.
- What part of speech is aeolism?
- Aeolism is a noun.
- What is the plural of aeolism?
- The plural of aeolism is aeolisms.
Words near aeolism in the dictionary
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