merismusn.

Brit.

/mᵻˈrɪzməs/, U.S.

/məˈrɪzməs/

Origin: A borrowing from Greek. Etymon: Greek μερισμός.

Etymology: < ancient Greek μερισμός division (in use as a rhetorical term already in ancient Greek) < the stem of μερίζειν to divide ( < μέρος part (or perhaps μερίς part: see mero- comb. form¹ and note at that entry) + -ίζειν -ize suffix) + -ισμός -ism suffix. Compare post-classical Latin merismos (isolated example in a 3rd-cent. grammarian; Greek μερισμός also occurs in classical Latin and post-classical Latin rhetorical writers). Compare German Merismos (1903 or earlier) and merism n. 2.

Rhetoric.

A form of synecdoche in which two (or in early use sometimes more) contrasting or complementary parts are made to represent the whole; an instance of this.Apparently obsolete by the end of the 17th cent., but revived in the 20th cent., perhaps after merism n. 2.

ΚΠ

1589 G. Puttenham Arte Eng. Poesie iii. xix. 186 The zealous Poet writing in prayse of the maiden Queene would not seeme to wrap vp all her most excellent parts in a few words them entierly comprehending, but did it by a distributor or merismus in the negatiue for the better grace.

1607 A. Day Eng. Secretorie (new ed.) ii. 97 Merismus or Distributio, when that as may bee generally spoken, wee distribute for amplification into parts.

1671 E. Phillips New World of Words (new ed.) Merismus, Division, a Rhetorical figure, disposing several things in their proper places.]

1952 A. M. Honeyman in Jrnl. Biblical Lit. 71 11 (title) Merismus in biblical Hebrew.

1987 E. R. Follis Direct. Biblical Hebrew Poetry 92 Two principal types of word associates can be denominated paradigmatic (eg. good–bad, father–mother..) and syntagmatic (..mercy–truth, heavens–earth (as a merismus)).

2000 Classical Rev. 50 101 ‘Merismus’, or combinations of words which, taken together, indicate a totality (e.g. ‘land and sea’ = ‘world’..) are an Indo-European inheritance.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	merismus
释义	merismusn. Brit. /mᵻˈrɪzməs/, U.S. /məˈrɪzməs/ Origin: A borrowing from Greek. Etymon: Greek μερισμός. Etymology: < ancient Greek μερισμός division (in use as a rhetorical term already in ancient Greek) < the stem of μερίζειν to divide ( < μέρος part (or perhaps μερίς part: see mero- comb. form¹ and note at that entry) + -ίζειν -ize suffix) + -ισμός -ism suffix. Compare post-classical Latin merismos (isolated example in a 3rd-cent. grammarian; Greek μερισμός also occurs in classical Latin and post-classical Latin rhetorical writers). Compare German Merismos (1903 or earlier) and merism n. 2. Rhetoric. A form of synecdoche in which two (or in early use sometimes more) contrasting or complementary parts are made to represent the whole; an instance of this.Apparently obsolete by the end of the 17th cent., but revived in the 20th cent., perhaps after merism n. 2. ΚΠ 1589 G. Puttenham Arte Eng. Poesie iii. xix. 186 The zealous Poet writing in prayse of the maiden Queene would not seeme to wrap vp all her most excellent parts in a few words them entierly comprehending, but did it by a distributor or merismus in the negatiue for the better grace. 1607 A. Day Eng. Secretorie (new ed.) ii. 97 Merismus or Distributio, when that as may bee generally spoken, wee distribute for amplification into parts. 1671 E. Phillips New World of Words (new ed.) Merismus, Division, a Rhetorical figure, disposing several things in their proper places.] 1952 A. M. Honeyman in Jrnl. Biblical Lit. 71 11 (title) Merismus in biblical Hebrew. 1987 E. R. Follis Direct. Biblical Hebrew Poetry 92 Two principal types of word associates can be denominated paradigmatic (eg. good–bad, father–mother..) and syntagmatic (..mercy–truth, heavens–earth (as a merismus)). 2000 Classical Rev. 50 101 ‘Merismus’, or combinations of words which, taken together, indicate a totality (e.g. ‘land and sea’ = ‘world’..) are an Indo-European inheritance. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1589
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