hagiography
英 [,hægɪ'ɒgrəfɪ]
美[,hæɡɪ'ɑɡrəfi]
- n. 圣徒传记；圣徒言行录
英英释义
- 1. a biography that idealizes or idolizes the person (especially a person who is a saint)
中文词源
hagiography 圣徒传记，吹捧性的传记
hagio-,神圣的，圣徒，-graph,写。引申词义吹捧性的传记。
英文词源
- hagiography (n.)
- "sacred writing," especially of saints' lives, 1821, from hagio- "holy" + -graphy. Related: Hagiographic (1809); hagiographical (1580s); hagiographer (1650s).
词态变化
复数: hagiographies;