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† eˈloinment, eˈloignment Obs. Also 7 esloinment, 8 eloignement. [a. AF. esloignement, Fr. éloignement: see eloin and -ment.] 1. Removal to a distance.
1678–96Phillips, Eloinment, a removing a great way off. 1847in Craig; and in mod. Dicts. 2. a. The space or distance between one object and another. b. Distance, in the sense of the distant part or background of a scene or of a picture.
a1670Hacket Abp. Williams i. (1692) 92 The sun..appears to us no bigger than a platter..because of that esloinment..between our eyes and the object. 1715–20Pope Iliad I. 291 In the eloignement we behold Jupiter in golden armour. 3. fig. Remoteness in feeling or taste (from).
a1763Shenstone Ess. 146 He discovers an eloignment from vulgar phrases. |