单词 | hystero-proterize |
释义 | † hystero-proterizev. Obsolete. rare. intransitive. To invert the natural order; to make something topsy-turvy.Apparently an isolated use in Coleridge. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > order > order, sequence, or succession > come in due order or course [verb (intransitive)] > reverse natural order to set or put the cart before the horse1520 to put the plough before the oxen1571 hystero-proterizea1834 a1834 S. T. Coleridge Marginalia (2000) V. 159 We must explain the force of the Horse by the motion of the Cart-wheels, and hystero-proterize with a vengeance! This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2020). < |
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