Fescennine
Étymologie
[modifier le wikicode]- Du latin Fescenninus, du nom de l’ancienne ville étrusque Fescennia, qui avait pour tradition de scander des chansons injurieuses pour des occasions spéciales [1].
Adjectif
[modifier le wikicode]| Nature | Forme |
|---|---|
| Positif | Fescennine |
| Comparatif | more Fescennine |
| Superlatif | most Fescennine |
Fescennine \ˈfɛsənʌɪn\
- Obscène ou injurieux.
As the poet decorously shows his desire to consummate the marriage, he retains the fescennine element without being crude.
— (James D. Simmonds, Milton Studies, Volume 6, Univ of Pittsburgh Press, p168, 1988)The conventional complaint over the delay in the proceedings is voiced by the poet in... [this] series of questions which include fescennine teasing of the bridal couple.
— (John Donne & Gary A. Stringer, The variorum edition of the poetry of John Donne: The Epigrams, Epithalamions, Epitaphs, Inscriptions and Miscellaneous poems, Indiana University Press, p380-1, 1995)- For instance, I admit that this book is anacreontic, paphian, and sometimes even fescennine. — (Mark Steven Morton, The Lover’s Tongue: A Merry Romp Through the Language of Love and Sex, Insomniac Press, p25, 2003)
Références
[modifier le wikicode]- [1] : "Fescennine" - Licentious, obscene, scurrilous, Michael Quinion, World Wide Words
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