alternityn.

Brit.

/ɔːlˈtəːnᵻti/,

/ɒlˈtəːnᵻti/, U.S.

/ɔlˈtərnədi/,

/ɑlˈtərnədi/

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin alternitas.

Etymology: < post-classical Latin alternitas alternateness, alternation (5th or 6th cent. in Priscian) < classical Latin alternus altern adj. + -itās -ity suffix. In sense 2 rendering Welsh proest (14th cent. in the source translated in quot. 1856 at sense 2; of unknown origin).

1. Alternation, alternateness. Now rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > change > alternation > [noun]

interchangingc1374

alternationc1443

alternement1483

interchange1559

intercourse1571

reciprocation1586

circulation1597

counterchange1602

interchangeableness1606

subalternation1616

vicissitude1624

alternity1646

alternacy1650

alternative1732

variegation1781

fluctuation1802

alternance1826

up and down1855

intermittence1860

1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica iii. i. 105 In a continuall motion, without..alternity and vicissitude of rest.

1755 S. Johnson Dict. Eng. Lang. Alternity, reciprocal succession; vicissitude; turn; change of one thing for another; reciprocally.

1770 L. Nihell Rational Self-love v. 47 Nor can we draw any other rational Conclusion from this established Succession, and alternity of Pain and Pleasure in the human Soul, [etc.].

1825 W. S. Cardell Ess. Lang. 188 Agreeing with either wisdom or folly, according to the alternity; but not with both.

1869 Amer. Ann. Cycl. 1867 623/2 The assembly will designate the place of meeting of the following session, taking into consideration the nature of the questions that it has to treat upon, the principle of alternity, and all other circumstances.

1925 Amer. Anthropologist 27 255 Such transformation, however, has more perceptible elements of alternity and successiveness, i.e., elements of perception of time.

†2. In Welsh prosody: rhyme in which the final consonants are the same but the preceding vowels differ, half-rhyme; an instance of this. Now called proest. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > versification > rhyme > [noun] > half-rhyme

alternity1792

skothending1838

assonance1917

pararhyme1931

off-rhyme1938

slant-rhyme1944

1792 W. O. Pughe tr. Llywarch Hen Heroic Elegies p. lxxix Proest cadwynawdyl, Combined alternate rhyme, Proest cyvnewidiawg, Combined vowel alternity.

1822 Trans. Hon. Soc. Cymmrodorion 286 The Probationary Pupil must know..the five metres of the englyn, that is..the interchanging alternity (prost cyvnewidiog), and the catenating alternity (prost cadwynog).

1856 J. Williams tr. Anc. Gram. Edeyrn §1758 What is alternity [Welsh prooest]? The counterchange of vowels, and correspondency of consonants, occurring in the rhymes of the systich..When an alternity ends in vowels not followed by consonants, the same is called semi-alternity, or the alternity of vowels [Welsh hanner prooest, neu prooest bogaliaid].

1867 B. D. Celtic Lang. Dial. 16 (note) The adlawiaid are:..Proest cyfnewidiawg, combined vowel alternity.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	alternity
释义	alternityn. Brit. /ɔːlˈtəːnᵻti/, /ɒlˈtəːnᵻti/, U.S. /ɔlˈtərnədi/, /ɑlˈtərnədi/ Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin alternitas. Etymology: < post-classical Latin alternitas alternateness, alternation (5th or 6th cent. in Priscian) < classical Latin alternus altern adj. + -itās -ity suffix. In sense 2 rendering Welsh proest (14th cent. in the source translated in quot. 1856 at sense 2; of unknown origin). 1. Alternation, alternateness. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > time > change > alternation > [noun] interchangingc1374 alternationc1443 alternement1483 interchange1559 intercourse1571 reciprocation1586 circulation1597 counterchange1602 interchangeableness1606 subalternation1616 vicissitude1624 alternity1646 alternacy1650 alternative1732 variegation1781 fluctuation1802 alternance1826 up and down1855 intermittence1860 1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica iii. i. 105 In a continuall motion, without..alternity and vicissitude of rest. View more context for this quotation 1755 S. Johnson Dict. Eng. Lang. Alternity, reciprocal succession; vicissitude; turn; change of one thing for another; reciprocally. 1770 L. Nihell Rational Self-love v. 47 Nor can we draw any other rational Conclusion from this established Succession, and alternity of Pain and Pleasure in the human Soul, [etc.]. 1825 W. S. Cardell Ess. Lang. 188 Agreeing with either wisdom or folly, according to the alternity; but not with both. 1869 Amer. Ann. Cycl. 1867 623/2 The assembly will designate the place of meeting of the following session, taking into consideration the nature of the questions that it has to treat upon, the principle of alternity, and all other circumstances. 1925 Amer. Anthropologist 27 255 Such transformation, however, has more perceptible elements of alternity and successiveness, i.e., elements of perception of time. †2. In Welsh prosody: rhyme in which the final consonants are the same but the preceding vowels differ, half-rhyme; an instance of this. Now called proest. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > versification > rhyme > [noun] > half-rhyme alternity1792 skothending1838 assonance1917 pararhyme1931 off-rhyme1938 slant-rhyme1944 1792 W. O. Pughe tr. Llywarch Hen Heroic Elegies p. lxxix Proest cadwynawdyl, Combined alternate rhyme, Proest cyvnewidiawg, Combined vowel alternity. 1822 Trans. Hon. Soc. Cymmrodorion 286 The Probationary Pupil must know..the five metres of the englyn, that is..the interchanging alternity (prost cyvnewidiog), and the catenating alternity (prost cadwynog). 1856 J. Williams tr. Anc. Gram. Edeyrn §1758 What is alternity [Welsh prooest]? The counterchange of vowels, and correspondency of consonants, occurring in the rhymes of the systich..When an alternity ends in vowels not followed by consonants, the same is called semi-alternity, or the alternity of vowels [Welsh hanner prooest, neu prooest bogaliaid]. 1867 B. D. Celtic Lang. Dial. 16 (note) The adlawiaid are:..Proest cyfnewidiawg, combined vowel alternity. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1646
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