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1 inverted\ epithets
colloq.based on the contradiction between the logical and the syntactical: logically defining becomes syntactically defined and vice versa. The article with the second noun will help in doubtful cases"this devil of a woman" instead of "this devilish woman", "the giant man" (a gigantic man); "the prude of a woman" (a prudish woman), "the toy of a girl" (a small, toylike girl), "the kitten of a woman" (a kittenlike woman)
She was a faded white rabbit of a woman. (A.Cronin)
a doll of a wife (the wife is like a doll), an angel of a girl (the girls is an angel), a hell of a mess, a devil of a sea, a dwarf of a fellow, a horse of a girl, a fool of a policeman, a hook of a nose, a vow of a hat, a jewel of a film (I.V.A.)
a two-legged ski-rocket of a kid, a forty-pound skunk of a freckled wild cat (I.V.A.)
See: epithetEnglish-Russian dictionary of stylistics (terminology and examples) > inverted\ epithets
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2 reversed\ epithets
colloq.based on the contradiction between the logical and the syntactical: logically defining becomes syntactically defined and vice versa. The article with the second noun will help in doubtful cases"this devil of a woman" instead of "this devilish woman", "the giant man" (a gigantic man); "the prude of a woman" (a prudish woman), "the toy of a girl" (a small, toylike girl), "the kitten of a woman" (a kittenlike woman)
She was a faded white rabbit of a woman. (A.Cronin)
a doll of a wife (the wife is like a doll), an angel of a girl (the girls is an angel), a hell of a mess, a devil of a sea, a dwarf of a fellow, a horse of a girl, a fool of a policeman, a hook of a nose, a vow of a hat, a jewel of a film (I.V.A.)
a two-legged ski-rocket of a kid, a forty-pound skunk of a freckled wild cat (I.V.A.)
See: epithetEnglish-Russian dictionary of stylistics (terminology and examples) > reversed\ epithets
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3 wanton
1. n распутница2. n редк. распутник3. n баловень; шалунишка4. a произвольный, необоснованный; бессмысленный; беспричинный5. a чувственный, похотливый6. a арх. распутный, развратный7. a изменчивый, непостоянный8. a буйный, бурный9. a чрезмерный, безудержный10. a поэт. проказливый, своенравный11. a поэт. резвый, игривый12. v распутничать, развратничать13. v буйно разрастаться14. v поэт. резвиться15. v играть16. v расточать17. v зверствовать; насильничатьСинонимический ряд:1. calculated (adj.) calculated; deliberate; uncalled-for2. careless (adj.) careless; groundless; heedless; inconsiderate; perverse; reckless; unjustifiable; unruly; willful3. cruel (adj.) cruel; malicious; spiteful; vicious4. fast (adj.) dissolute; easy; fast; light; loose; promiscuous; unchaste; whorish5. lavish (adj.) capricious; elegant; extravagant; frivolous; lavish; luxurious; magnificent6. lewd (adj.) lascivious; lecherous; lewd; libidinous; licentious; lustful; prurient; salacious7. supererogatory (adj.) gratuitous; supererogant; supererogative; supererogatory; unasked8. wild (adj.) abandoned; incontinent; profligate; unbridled; unconstrained; uncontrolled; ungoverned; uninhibited; unrestrained; wild9. baggage (noun) baggage; cyprian; hussy; jade; jezebel; slattern; slut; strumpet; tramp; trollop; trull; wench10. squander (verb) squander; waste11. trifle (verb) coquet; dally; flirt; fool; lead on; string along; toy; trifleАнтонимический ряд:careful; chaste; demure; determined; discreet; docile; formal; inelegant; joyless; justifiable; kind; lawful; prudish; save; sedate
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