单词 | antonomastically |
释义 | antonomasticallyadv. In an antonomastic manner; by means of antonomasia. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > figure of speech > figures of meaning > [adverb] > by antonomasia antonomastically?1626 ?1626 Bp. T. Morton Grand Imposture Church of Rome v. 73 The name, Catholike, had bene then Antonomastically to be appropriated to Rome. 1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica 166 Although we single out one, and Antonomastically thereto assigne the name of the Unicorne, yet can we not be secure what creature is meant thereby. View more context for this quotation 1672 T. Hackett Serm. Easter-week 25 There is one Grace that Antonomastically has obtain'd this name [sc. heavenly], and that's Charity. 1755 Universal Mag. Feb. 75/1 Those larger ones [sc. vessels] antonomastically..called in general Coppers. 1793 Beawes's Civil Hist. Spain & Portugal I. xv. 251 The Subject nearest to the King's Person, distinguished by many Preeminences,..for which he is antonomastically stiled Grandee. 1841 H. le Grice Walks through Studii Sculptors Rome I. 220 The flocks that graze in his [sc. Pan's] own Arcadia are committed to his care: and he is therefore called antonomastically, Deus Arcadiae. 1882 H. H. Bancroft et al. Hist. Central Amer. I. xxv. 654 Vazquez maintains that this capital was the city Patinamit, antonomastically so called, meaning the ‘metropolis’ or ‘the city’ par excellence. 1934 PMLA 49 669 The very title of La muerte del Maestre implies subject-matter dealing with someone so well known as to be antonomastically called the Grand Master. 1987 Past & Present 117 84 Theatres were antonomastically known as Colosseums. 2003 L. B. de Behar Borges 172 In Italian the name Galehaut (Galeotto), character of the Breton Cycle, has been used antonomastically to designate whichever character, object, or situation provokes an amorous relation. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2016; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < |
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