Sophoclean
UK/sɒfəˈkliːən/
Sophoclean adjective: of or pertaining to Sophocles or his works.
Adjective
Sophoclean (comparative more Sophoclean, superlative most Sophoclean)
- Of or pertaining to Sophocles or his works.
- It was one of those sequestered spots outside the gates of the world where may usually be found more meditation than action, and more passivity than meditation; where reasoning proceeds on narrow premises, and results in inferences wildly imaginative; yet where, from time to time, no less than in...1886 May – 1887 April, Thomas Hardy, “chapter 1”, in The Woodlanders […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), London; New York, N.Y.: Macmillan and Co., published 1887, →OCLC
- Of course, we would have been insulted if someone had accused us of cheating on an exam or confounding lie and lay, but we smiled charmingly when charged with wanting to murder our father—smiled and shrugged our shoulders. The attribution of Sophoclean passions to ditherers could only be heartening.1988, Edmund White, chapter 4, in The Beautiful Room is Empty, New York: Vintage International, published 1994
Forms of Sophoclean
| comparative | more Sophoclean |
|---|---|
| superlative | most Sophoclean |
Origin of Sophoclean
From Latin Sophoclēus + English -an.
Questions about Sophoclean
- What does Sophoclean mean?
- Sophoclean means of or pertaining to Sophocles or his works.
- What part of speech is Sophoclean?
- Sophoclean is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce Sophoclean?
- Sophoclean is pronounced /sɒfəˈkliːən/ (UK).
Words near Sophoclean in the dictionary
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