발음 (2)
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/ˈæd͡ʒəˌlæst/
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/ˈeɪd͡ʒəˌlæst/
명사
One who never laughs (especially at jokes); a mirthless person.
용법- 드문 표현
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As a real agelast in a comedy, he is beaten. The beating of an agelast is the most important point of the comedy.
더 많은 예문 (1)
Declaring with Doumergue that "Rabelais and Calvin (and Olivétan) were the creators of French literary prose,"²⁵ Bakhtin adds "Even the agelast Calvin wrote a pamphlet about relics with a certain comic overtone."²⁶ The single, and unusual word "agelast" summarizes the popular view of John Calvin: a person who does not laugh or smile; someone who cannot enjoy life or the fact that others might be happy.
For Kundera, agelasts represent the opposite of the spirit of the novel; the novel is born from the sense of humor and not from theoretical thinking.
더 많은 예문 (1)
Agelasts have a very clear idea that they have patent regarding both the truth and the mission and are so bloody solemn that they just cannot accept other views.