单词 | fetch-about |
释义 | > as lemmasfetch-about ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > copiousness > [noun] > periphrasis or circumlocution > a circumlocution aboutspeecha1522 circumlocution1533 circumquaque1546 fetch-abouta1569 roundabout?c1570 periphrasis1579 compass1623 circumambages1649 circumbendibus1681 roundaboutedness1840 roundaboutility1863 amphilogism1866 a1569 M. Coverdale Fruitful Lessons (1593) To Rdr. sig. ¶3v Though the grace of the holy Ghost use not long fetches about. 1587 Sir P. Sidney & A. Golding tr. P. de Mornay Trewnesse Christian Relig. vi. 93 After many florishes and fetches about. < as lemmas |
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