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menippea

menippea is the alternative form of Menippea.

Noun capitalized: Menippea

Menippea (uncountable)

  1. Menippean satire.
    • The Menippea did not lose its impact in the chaotic centuries that followed the fall of Rome.1993, José I. Suárez, The Carnival Stage: Vicentine Comedy Within the Serio-comic Mode, →ISBN
    • Her awareness of the Menippea is presented in terms of (descriptive) content analysis and comparison, and she neglects the interaction of the satire with its audience.2015, Eric McLuhan, Cynic Satire, →ISBN, page 38

Origin of menippea

From Menippean + -a.

Questions about menippea

What does menippea mean?
Menippea means menippean satire.
What is menippea the alternative form of?
Menippea is the alternative form of Menippea.
What part of speech is menippea?
Menippea is a noun.

Words near menippea in the dictionary

  1. meningovertebral
  2. meninism
  3. meninist
  4. meninists
  5. meninx
  6. menippea
  7. Menippean
  8. menippid
  9. menippids
  10. meniscal
  11. meniscate

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