Perhaps many of you already knew this word: but I found it amusingHu·di·bras·tic
Pronunciation: "hyü-d&-'bras-tik
Function: adjective
Etymology: irregular from Hudibras, satirical poem by Samuel Butler died 1680
1 : written in humorous octosyllabic couplets
2 : MOCK-HEROIC
Hudibrastic
Hudibrastic
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- Grand Panjandrum
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I found some excerpts:
Hudibras, satirical poem by Samuel Butler
Apo
Hudibras, satirical poem by Samuel Butler
Seems a bit stilted to me! Intentional or laziness!A wight he was, whose very sight would
Entitle him Mirror of Knighthood;
That never bent his stubborn knee
To any thing but Chivalry;
Apo
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On a "Hudibras" in Denmark in the fourties, look at http://www.lambiek.net/cosper.htm.
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Hudibrastic
I rather like it myself. However, its story isn't very rich and has a rather narrow application.
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Re: Hudibrastic
True: I found it in a english translation of Arno Schmidt, Scenes from the Life of a Faun: originally the word was "bramarbasieren", from "Bramarbas", with similar meaning.I rather like it myself. However, its story isn't very rich and has a rather narrow application.
What about the Schmidt's reception in England and USA?
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