| 单词 | epanorthosis | 
| 释义 | > as lemmasepanorthosis   epanorthosis  n.  Brit.  , U.S.   a figure in which a word is recalled, in order to substitute a more correct or stronger term.				 [ <  post-classical Latin epanorthosis (4th cent.)  <  ancient Greek ἐπανόρθωσις   revision, correction  <  ἐπαν-  epana- prefix   + Hellenistic Greek ὄρθωσις   making straight (see orthosis n.). Compare Middle French, French épanorthose (1585 or earlier).]			ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > figure of speech > figures of meaning > 			[noun]		 > euphemism > retracting statement for correction epanorthosis1579 1579    E. K. in  E. Spenser Shepheardes Cal. Jan. 61 Gloss.  				A prety Epanorthosis in these two verses. 1672    H. More Brief Reply 172  				By a seasonable Epanorthosis he straightway adds, etc. 1736    N. Bailey et al.  Dictionarium Britannicum 		(ed. 2)	  				Epanorthosis. 1847    J. Craig New Universal Dict.  				Epanorthosis. < as lemmas  | 
	
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