Poundlike
Poundlike adjective: resembling or characteristic of Ezra Pound (1885–1972), American modernist poet involved in developing imagism.
Adjective
Poundlike (comparative more Poundlike, superlative most Poundlike)
- Resembling or characteristic of Ezra Pound (1885–1972), American modernist poet involved in developing imagism.
- To both Beckett and Orwell, a Poundlike injunction to make the novel "new" coupled with a faith in the (abstract) revolutionary power of autonomous art would have sounded hollow and naive, perhaps dangerously so.2000, David Weisberg, Chronicles of Disorder, page 4
- And, as in Pound's case, his translations have been attacked by specialists—attacks that, like Pound, he has rejected with a Poundlike indignation.2020, Theodore Ziolkowski, Roman Poets in Modern Guise, page 124
Forms of Poundlike
| comparative | more Poundlike |
|---|---|
| superlative | most Poundlike |
Origin of Poundlike
From Pound + -like.
Questions about Poundlike
- What does Poundlike mean?
- Poundlike means resembling or characteristic of Ezra Pound (1885–1972), American modernist poet involved in developing imagism.
- What part of speech is Poundlike?
- Poundlike is an adjective.
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