单词 | alter idem |
释义 | alter idemn. An alter ego; a second self; another of the same kind. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > love > friendliness > [noun] > friend > second self or kindred spirit another myself1526 alter ego1537 another I1539 self1557 second self1586 alter idema1618 himself1622 twin soul1868 a1618 R. Mandevill Timothies Taske (1619) 8 It is a companion, a guid, a familiar frend, with whom we take sweet counsell together, and repaire to the house of God as friends: one nearer & dearer, then alter idem, a second selfe. 1745 R. Dodsley Misc. I. 293 The king could not be long without an alter idem; wherefore he took unto himself a beautiful youth name George Villiers; and..used him in all respects like unto the other. 1860 Times 7 Sept. 4 Indeed, could the directors have started their daily Dial, it must have been almost an alter idem of the Morning Star. 1932 Jrnl. Philos. 29 436 In a valid logical system..no two terms in the same premise are mere synonyms, mere alter idem's of each other as in the foregoing case. 1954 19th-cent. Fiction 9 58 The child's sacrifice is Jude's through an alter idem. 1994 D. L. Pedersen Cameral Anal. i. 24 The idea of the alter idem of an unconscious mind became a real possibility to many of the researchers in this field. 2004 New Atlantis (Nexis) Summer We all apparently have a cell phone alter idem, a second self that we endlessly excuse for making just such annoying cell phone calls. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.a1618 |
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