DUNCIAD

Meaning of DUNCIAD in English

Dunciad BrE AmE ˈdʌn t s i æd

Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary. Английский словарь произношений Longman. 2012

DUNCIAD, THE — /dun"see ad'/ a poem (1728-42) by Pope, satirizing various contemporary writers.
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POPE, ALEXANDER — born May 21, 1688, London, Eng. died May 30, 1744, Twickenham, near London English poet and satirist. A precocious boy …
Английский словарь Британика
CIBBER, COLLEY — born Nov. 6, 1671, London, Eng. died Dec. 11, 1757, London British actor-manager, playwright, and poet. He began his career …
Английский словарь Британика
VARIORUM
Webster's New International English Dictionary
-AD — -ad 1 1. a suffix occurring in loanwords from Greek denoting a group or unit comprising a certain number, sometimes …
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EPIC — long narrative poem recounting heroic deeds, although the term has also been loosely used to describe novels, such as Tolstoy's …
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WARBURTON, WILLIAM — born Dec. 24, 1698, Newark, Nottinghamshire, Eng. died 1779, Gloucester, Gloucestershire Anglican bishop of Gloucester, literary critic and controversialist. Ordained …
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THEOBALD, LEWIS — (baptized April 2, 1688, Sittingbourne, Kent, Eng.d. Sept. 18, 1744, London), the first Shakespearean editor to approach the plays with …
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POPE, ALEXANDER — born May 21, 1688, London, Eng. died May 30, 1744, Twickenham, near London poet and satirist of the English Augustan …
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OGILBY, JOHN — born November 1600, in or near Edinburgh died Sept. 4, 1676, London British printer who was a pioneer in the …
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MONTAGU, LADY MARY WORTLEY
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LISTA (Y ARAGN), ALBERTO — born Oct. 15, 1775, Triana, Spain died Oct. 5, 1848, Seville Spanish poet and critic considered to be the foremost …
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HILL, AARON — born Feb. 10, 1685, London died Feb. 8, 1750, London English poet, dramatist, and essayist whose adaptations of Voltaire's plays …
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HAYWOOD, ELIZA — ne Fowler born 1693? died Feb. 25, 1756, London prolific English writer of sensational romantic novels that mirrored contemporary 18th-century …
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HARTFORD WIT — also called Connecticut Wit, any of a group of Federalist poets centred around Hartford, Conn., who collaborated to produce a …
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ENGLISH LITERATURE: MODERN ENGLISH LITERATURE
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CIBBER, COLLEY — born Nov. 6, 1671, London, Eng. died Dec. 11, 1757, London English actor, theatre manager, playwright, and poet laureate of …
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BUDGELL, EUSTACE — born , Aug. 19, 1686, St. Thomas, near Exeter, Eng. died May 4, 1737, London English writer who, apart from …
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POPE, ALEXANDER — Pope, Al ‧ ex ‧ an ‧ der /ˌælɪɡˈzɑːndəʳ $ -ˈzæn-/ BrE AmE (1688–1744) a British poet and ↑ satirist …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
POPE — I. Pope /pəʊp $ poʊp/ BrE AmE noun [countable] [ Date: 800-900 ; Language: Late Latin ; Origin: papa , …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
-AD — suffix forming nouns: 1 in collective numerals (myriad; triad). 2 in fem. patronymics (Dryad). 3 in names of poems and …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
AD — suffix forming nouns: 1 in collective numerals (myriad; triad). 2 in fem. patronymics (Dryad). 3 in names of poems and …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
-AD — 1. suffix forming nouns: 1. in collective numerals (myriad; triad). 2 in fem. patronymics (Dryad). 3 in names of poems …
Oxford English vocab
POPE, ALEXANDER — born May 21, 1688, London, Eng. died May 30, 1744, Twickenham, near London English poet and satirist. A precocious boy …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
CIBBER, COLLEY — born Nov. 6, 1671, London, Eng. died Dec. 11, 1757, London British actor-manager, playwright, and poet. He began his career …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
ПОП — (Pope, Alexander) (1688-1744), английский поэт, прославленный мастер героического дистиха. Родился 21 мая 1688 в Лондоне. Его родители были католиками, и …
Русский словарь Colier

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