单词 | eclipsis |
释义 | eclipsisn. Grammar. a. An omission of words needful fully to express the sense. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > figure of speech > figures of structure or thought > [noun] > ellipsis eclipsis1538 ellipsis1621 ellipse1843 1538 Bible (Coverdale) To Rdr. sig. ✠iiiv The cause..is partely the figure called Eclipsis. 1589 G. Puttenham Arte Eng. Poesie iii. xii. 136 Eclipsis or the Figure of default. ΘΚΠ society > communication > writing > written character > punctuation > [noun] > omission marks apostrophe1598 caret1710 eclipsis1727 break1733 dash1733 blank1773 ellipsis1795 tilde1959 1727 W. Mather Young Man's Compan. (ed. 13) 38 Eclipsis, is a piece of a Line drawn to denote that some part of a Verse or Sentence cited, is left out..As, —— 'Tis still the Miser's Lot. The young Fool spends all that the old Knave got. 2. Irish Grammar (also Scottish Gaelic, Manx). See quot. 1845. ΚΠ 1845 J. O'Donovan Gram. Irish Lang. 58 Eclipsis in Irish Grammar may be defined the suppression of the sounds of certain radical consonants, by prefixing others of the same organ. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online March 2021). < |
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