| 单词 | graphic abbreviation |
| 释义 | > as lemmasgraphic abbreviation graphic abbreviation n. Linguistics and Palaeography a written abbreviation of a word intended to be read as the full word, as distinguished from one which is pronounced as it is spelled. ΚΠ 1888 H. Sweet Hist. Eng. Sounds (new ed.) 116 Shortening of doubling.., as in..ealne, midne=eallne, middne, may be only a graphic abbreviation. 1951 Amer. Jrnl. Philol. 72 196 The loss of the long vowel in sin(ā)s is of course not by syncope, but purely a graphic abbreviation. 1969 Jrnl. Egyptian Archaeol. 55 217 nb for nbt is by no means unusual and may be a graphic abbreviation. 2009 P. Durkin Oxf. Guide Etymol. iv. 116 Some early examples..may have originated as graphic abbreviations in the written language, at first read as the full word and only later coming to be realized by a clipped spoken form. < as lemmas |
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