单词 | metamorphosy |
释义 | † metamorphosyn. Obsolete. A tale in which people, animals, etc., are changed in form. Also: a change in form or nature; the result of this; metamorphosis. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > [noun] > shaping > action or fact of changing shape metamorphosis1447 transformation?a1475 metamorphosy1532 transfiguration1548 transforming1580 metamorphose1608 metamorphosing1608 metamorphizing1609 transformance1611 transmogrification1661 transfigurement1865 the world > time > change > change to something else, transformation > [noun] > changing in shape or form metamorphosis1447 translatingc1454 metamorphosy1532 transfiguration1548 metamorphose1608 trans-shape1611 tranation1654 transfigurement1865 transpeciation1867 shape-shifting1884 neomorphism1888 trans-shaping1909 1532 L. Cox Art or Crafte Rhetoryke sig. D.viv And so dothe Ulysses conclude his oracion in the .xiii. boke of Ouides metamorphosy. ?1573 H. Cheke tr. F. Negri Freewyl iii. iii. 115 These cities were changed into more strange Metamorphosies, then the Metamorphosis of Ouide. 1606 W. Warner Continuance Albions Eng. xiv. lxxxix. 363 Like tales and Metamorphosies passe many in this Chat. 1664 London Prodigal 16 Nere muse man at this metamorphosie. a1698 W. Temple Poems 46 If ever any reasonable Soul Harbor'd in shape of either brute or fowl, This was the Mansion: Metamorphosie Gain'd here the credit lost in Poetrie. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2001; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1532 |
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