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单词 cross-reading
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cross-readingn.

Etymology: cross- comb. form 1c(d).Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈcross-ˈreading.
A reading across the page instead of down the column (of a newspaper, etc.), producing a ludicrous connection of subjects. Also figurative.
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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).
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