单词 | idiasm |
释义 | idiasmn. A peculiarity, especially a verbal one; a mannerism. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > affected behaviour or affectation > [noun] > an affected manner or appearance > an affectation > habitual idiotism1610 mannerisma1834 idiasm1868 the world > relative properties > kind or sort > individual character or quality > quality of being special or extraordinary > [noun] > a special thing > an exceptional feature quirka1616 singularity1663 peculiarity1751 purlicues1808 notability1856 idiasm1868 1868 C. M. Ingleby in Athenæum 12 Dec. 800/3 Among the causes which debase and enervate a language are..the use of idiasms generating euphemisms. 1877 C. M. Ingleby Shakespeare i. vii. 118 The idioms, idiotisms, and, above all, the idiasms of Shakespeare [etc.]. 1893 National Observer 21 Jan. 240/2 The owner's personal or peculiar whimsy or ‘idiasm’ is not only permissible, but is distinctly demanded. 1939 Lima (Ohio) News 26 Dec. 6/6 They are not ideologies but idiasms. 2007 Blade (Toledo, Ohio) (Nexis) 7 Sept. Among the words that stayed unconquerable were ‘idiasm’, meaning an individual's literary mannerism,..and ‘tauromachy’, the art or practice of bullfighting. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1868 |
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