PROSOPOPOEIA


Meaning of PROSOPOPOEIA in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ prə-ˌsō-pə-ˈpē-ə, ˌprä-sə-pə- ]

noun

Etymology: Latin, from Greek prosōpopoiia, from prosōpon mask, person (from pros- + ōps face) + poiein to make — more at eye , poet

Date: circa 1555

1. : a figure of speech in which an imaginary or absent person is represented as speaking or acting

2. : personification

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.