oral-formulaic

American

[awr-uhl-fawr-myuh-lay-ik, ohr-uhl-] / ˈɔr əlˌfɔr mjəˈleɪ ɪk, ˈoʊr əl- /

adjective

noting or pertaining to poetry of an earlier spoken tradition, as the Iliad, that uses formulas to aid its continued expression.

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