单词 | antiphrastic |
释义 | antiphrasticadj. Of or pertaining to antiphrasis; opposed to the ordinary meaning. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > figure of speech > figures of meaning > [adjective] > antiphrastic antiphrastic1640 catantiphrastical1645 antiphrastical1656 1640 Canterbur. Self-Conv. Postscr. 3 Things are not alwayes correspondent to their names; Etymologies are sometimes antiphrastick. 1683 E. Hooker in J. Pordage Theologia Mystica Pref. Epist. 18 An Anti-phrastic and Anti-Christian..Age. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online November 2010). < adj.1640 |
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