单词 | cross-reading |
释义 | cross-readingn. A reading across the page instead of down the column (of a newspaper, etc.), producing a ludicrous connection of subjects. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > misinterpretation > [noun] > instance of misconceit?1435 miscollectinga1600 mistake1600 miscollection1610 misimagination1618 misimpression1670 mal-entendu1780 cross-reading1784 misconcept1942 misprision1973 1784 New Foundling Hosp. for Wit (rev. ed.) II. Contents Cross Readings from the Newspapers [Article at p. 235, signed ‘Papyrius Cursor’, by Caleb Whitefoord]. 1791 J. Boswell Life Johnson anno 1784 II. 518 His [sc. Whitefoord's] ingenious and diverting cross-readings of the news-papers. 1822 W. Hazlitt Table-talk (1852) 247 A large allowance is frequently to be made for cross-readings in the speaker's mind. 1830 M. R. Mitford Our Village IV. 12 Stephen spoke of his home, the city; Peggy of hers, the west-end;—and a few mistakes and cross-readings ensued. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1784 |
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