Gelasma

gelasma Translingual thumb Etymology Coined by William Warren (entomologist) William Warren in 1893 from mul grc γέλασμα smile or laughter Proper noun 1 f mul archaic genus family Geometridae moths, now Maxates genus Hypernyms genus Derived terms Epigelasma genus Gelasmodes genus References 1 1 1 William Warren 1893 On new Genera and Species of Moths in the Family Geometridae from India, in the Collection of H.J. Elwes Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 352 https://archive.org/stream/proceedingsofzoo1893zool#page/352/mode/1up mul Geometrid moths Taxonomic names (obsolete) English Etymology gelasma Proper noun Laughter personified. en 1900 The Quarterly Review 192 Charles Lamb worshipped, like the Spartans in Edgar Poe's story, at the mysterious shrine of the god Gelasma. en 1910 w:Francis Thompson A Renegade Poet ...the temple to the reigning goddess Gelasma, which mocks the name of theatre... en 1950 Philip Hughes w:George Andrew Beck The English Catholics, 1850-1950 So was a generation bred, more and more incapable of serious reading, of serious reflection, even of a primitive kind. Francis Thompson, a shrewd observer of his age, noted and shuddered at the growing popularity of the new goddess, Gelasma.