Beolupineとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

Formed from Beowulf, substituting the collateral adjective lupine ‎(“wolflike”, “wolfish”) for the -wulf element (which derives from the 古期英語 ƿulf, “wolf”).

発音

• IPA^(key): /ˌbeɪəˈluːpaɪn/

形容詞

Beolupine ‎(comparative more Beolupine, superlative most Beolupine)

1. (humorous, まれに) In the style of the Anglo-Saxon epic poem Beowulf; Beowulfian.
   • 1965, CA Magazine LXIX, page 96:

     Sprinkled with Latin tags like per elevator ad astra, and French phrases such as folie de grandeur, not to mention Beolupine Anglo-Saxon alliterations, the original article sets out to claim in mock-heroic style and with much play upon words that living high does not in this case mean distance from one’s fellow men.