Samsonianとは 意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /sæmˈsəʊ.ni.ən/
• (General American) IPA: /sæmˈsoʊ.ni.ən/
• 韻: -əʊniən

形容詞

Samsonian (comparative more Samsonian, superlative most Samsonian)

1. Of, resembling, or characteristic of the Biblical Samson.
   1. Possessing or exhibiting great strength.

      Samsonian effort

      a Samsonian feat

   2. Having long hair.
      • 1912 April 27, A. J. Egan, “Acute Mania”, in The Brooklyn Daily Eagle, volume 72A, number 117, New York, N.Y., picture and sporting section, page 1, column 4:

        I simply mention ‘toes’ to emphasize the fact that from the top of her Samsonian locks to the bottom of her Cinderellian boots she is the neatest, sweetest, grandest girl this side of heaven, hades—purgatory or limbo!