单词 | notative |
释义 | notativeadj. 1. Relating to or in respect of notation; characterized by or taking the form of notation. Also: (of writing) having the character of or written in the style of notes. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > naming > name or appellation > [adjective] > of a name descriptive cognominate1610 nominate1610 notative1842 1842 Penny Cycl. XXIII. 444/1 The simplicity of notative distinctions must bear some proportion to that of the real differences they are meant to represent. 1948 M. Schorer in Hudson Rev. i. 79 In the very last two or three paragraphs of the novel, the style changes once more, reverts from the bare, notative kind to the romantic prose of Stephen's adolescence. 1993 Sacramento (Calif.) Bee (Nexis) 10 July b7 His writing method is to ‘put everything through three or four drafts and then put in the notative spontaneity that people like so much’. ΚΠ 1867 L. H. Atwater Elem. Logic 67 A Notative Conception..suggests its own marks (notæ) by its very name. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1842 |
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