a. Obs. rare–1. [ad. Gr. ἠθοποιητικ-ός, f. ἦθο-ς character + ποιητικός, f. ποιέειν to make, represent.] Intended to represent character or manners.
1652. Urquhart, Jewel, Wks. (1834), 228. [Crichtoun] begun to prank it, a la Venetiana, with such a flourish of mimick and ethopoetick gestures.
