만연체

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 蔓衍 (“spreading, extending”) + 體 (“style”).

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [ma̠ɲʌ̹ɲt͡ɕʰe̞]
• Phonetic hangul: [마년체]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	manyeonche
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	man'yeonche
McCune–Reischauer?	manyŏnch'e
Yale Romanization?	man.yen.chey

Noun

만연체 • (manyeonche) (hanja 蔓衍體)

1. verbose prose style

   Antonym: 간결체(簡潔體) (gan'gyeolche)

   고전소설은 만연체가 심해 현대인에게 가독성이 떨어질 수 있다.

   Gojeonsoseor-eun manyeonche-ga simhae hyeondaein-ege gadokseong-i tteoreojil su itda.

   As classical novels have a very verbose prose style, they may be difficult to read for modern people.

   • 1989 July 30, “인기 칼럼 '한겨레논단' 책으로 이영희·최일남씨 등 정론 1백5편 묶어 [in'gi kalleom han'gyeorenondan chaegeuro iyeonghui·choeillamssi deung jeongnon 1baek5pyeon mukkeo]”, in The Hankyoreh:

     최일남씨는 정치 행태와 사회 풍토에 대한 고발과 비유와 풍자를 동시대 인간들에 대한 애정으로 버무린 질박한 만연체 문장에 담아냈고 […]

     Choeillamssi-neun jeongchi haengtae-wa sahoe pungto-e daehan gobal-gwa biyu-wa pungja-reul dongsidae in'gan-deur-e daehan aejeong-euro beomurin jilbakhan manyeonche munjang-e damanaetgo [ … ]

     Mr. Choe Il-nam portrayed his denunciations, analogies, and satires of politicians' conducts and social trends through an unadorned and detailed prose style, mixing it with affection for the people of his times […]