prosopopoeial

See also: prosopopœial

English

Etymology

From prosopopoeia +‎ -al.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /pɹɒsə(ʊ)pəˈpiːəl/

Adjective

prosopopoeial (comparative more prosopopoeial, superlative most prosopopoeial)

1. Prosopopoeic. [from 16th c.]
   • 1603, Michel de Montaigne, translated by John Florio, Essays, III.13:

     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 […].

Translations

Translations

• Italian: prosopopeico
• Polish: animizacyjny