Word of the Day: THRASONIZE


ETYMOLOGY
from Latin Thrason-, Thraso Thraso, braggart soldier in the comedy Eunuchus by Terence


EXAMPLE
“…Warres austere God, with stout Achilles lance,
And wrinkled browes, doth Thrasonize it, rage:
Cornuted Phoebe, in her coach, doth prance:
Bacchus with grapes, doth stretch it on the stage:
Whiles this cup-saint, too lavish and profuse,
Embrews his temples in their liquid juice…”

From: ‘Ixions Wheele’ in Follie’s Anatomy,
By H. Hutton, 1619

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