De Profundis

短语

别名

de profundis De profundis

释义与例句

name
  1. 1.

    A letter to Lord Alfred Douglas written by Oscar Wilde while he was imprisoned for gross indecency (homosexual acts). The title is a reference to the 130th psalm.

  2. 2.

    The 130th psalm, one of the seven penitential psalms of the Roman Catholic and Anglican churches.

  3. 3.

    The name of various other works of art inspired by the feelings expressed in the 130th psalm. (see De Profundis)

词源

From Middle English De Profundis, De profundis, deprofundis, deprovundis, from Latin dē profundīs (“out of the depths”), the first two words of the Latin version of the 130th Psalm.

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