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prosopopoeial

UK/pɹɒsə(ʊ)pəˈpiːəl/

prosopopoeial adjective: prosopopoeic.

Adjective

prosopopoeial (comparative more prosopopoeial, superlative most prosopopoeial)

  1. Prosopopoeic.
    • 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, Michel de Montaigne, translated by John Florio, Essays, III.13

Forms of prosopopoeial

comparativemore prosopopoeial
superlativemost prosopopoeial

Origin of prosopopoeial

From prosopopoeia + -al.

Questions about prosopopoeial

What does prosopopoeial mean?
Prosopopoeial means prosopopoeic.
What part of speech is prosopopoeial?
Prosopopoeial is an adjective.
How do you pronounce prosopopoeial?
Prosopopoeial is pronounced /pɹɒsə(ʊ)pəˈpiːəl/ (UK).

Words near prosopopoeial in the dictionary

  1. prosopons
  2. prosopopeia
  3. prosopopesis
  4. prosopopoeia
  5. prosopopoeiae
  6. prosopopoeial
  7. prosopopoeias
  8. prosopopoeic
  9. prosopopœia
  10. prosopopœial
  11. prosopopœias

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