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单词 ignotoism
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Ignotoismn.

Origin: From a proper name, combined with an English element. Etymons: proper name Ignoto , -ism suffix.
Etymology: < Ignoto, the name of a character in The Gentleman's Magazine (ultimately < classical Latin ignōtus ignote adj., on the model of male forenames of Romance origin such as Antonio, Pedro, etc.) + -ism suffix.
Obsolete. rare.
An error typical of Ignoto.The word appears in the context of a long-running theological debate in The Gentleman's Magazine taking the form of correspondence between a person going by the name ‘Ignoto’ (i.e. ‘Anonymous’) and readers of the magazine.
As a result of a misreading, N.E.D. (1899) entered the quotation under the headword ignotism with the definition ‘A mistake due to ignorance’.
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1737 Gentleman's Mag. June 336/1 The Plain Account is so infamous, you ought to be asham'd to own, you submit to it. 'Tis well if you did not write it your self: It has 92 Errors or Ignotoisms in it.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2022).
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