characterismos

Figure Name characterismos
Source Bullinger (1898) ("characterismos; or, description of character")
Earliest Source None
Synonyms description of character
Etymology Gr. characteerismos "designation by a characteristic mark"
Type None
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Definition

1. ... the name is given to the figure which gives a description of the character or morals of a person. (Bullinger, 470)

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Last Editor Ioanna Malton
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