paragraphn.

Brit.

/ˈparəɡrɑːf/,

/ˈparəɡraf/, U.S.

/ˈpɛrəˌɡræf/

Forms: late Middle English 1700s paragraf, 1500s paragrafe, 1500s paragraphe, 1500s pargrafte (transmission error), 1500s–1600s paragraff, 1500s–1600s paragraffe, 1600s– paragraph.

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French paragraphe.

Etymology: < Middle French paragraphe (13th cent. in Old French as polagrefe , paragrafe , 1552 as paragraphe ; French paragraphe ) paragraph sign, section of text < post-classical Latin paragraphus a short horizontal stroke drawn below the beginning of a line in which a break in the sense occurs (a636 in Isidore), a section of text (from 11th cent. in British sources) < Hellenistic Greek παράγραϕος , used to mark the change of persons in a dialogue, or the corresponding parts of a chorus or parabasis < ancient Greek παρα- para- prefix¹ + -γραϕος -graph comb. form. Compare ancient Greek παραγραϕή , in the same sense, also used to mark the close of a sentence or to indicate that a passage is spurious. (See further E. G. Turner Greek Manuscripts of the Ancient World, 2nd ed. (1987) 8, 12.) Compare Italian paragrafo (1294). Compare earlier paraph n.For earlier use of post-classical Latin paragraphus in an English context compare the following:OE Byrhtferð Enchiridion (Ashm.) (1995) iii. iii. 176 Paragriphus [read paragraphus] ys þus amearcod: Γ; and oft mid þissum tacne man totwæmð mislice gesetnyssa.

a. A distinct passage or section of a text, usually composed of several sentences, dealing with a particular point, a short episode in a narrative, a single piece of direct speech, etc.Paragraphs were formerly indicated by the symbol described in sense 2, and are now usually indicated by a line break, often with an indent at the beginning of the new line.

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society > communication > writing > written text > layout > [noun] > distinct passage of closely connected sentences

paraph1395

paragrapha1500

pericopea1657

par1844

para1856

society > communication > printing > printed matter > arrangement or appearance of printed matter > [noun] > distinct passage, beginning on new line

paragrapha1500

a1500 Promptorium Parvulorum (BL Add. 37789) 382 (MED) Paragraf [1440 Harl. 221 Paraf of a booke, paraphus, paragraphus].

1525 tr. H. von Brunschwig Noble Experyence Vertuous Handy Warke Surg. sig. Tvj/1 In the xxv chapytre..in the seconde paragraphe.

1545 R. Ascham Toxophilus i. f. 34^v I call that by bookes and chapiters, whyche the greke booke deuideth by chapiters and paragraphes.

1602 W. Watson Decacordon Ten Quodlibeticall Questions Pref. sig. A2^v No Paragraffe in positiue Discourse, no Paradoxe amongst Orators.

1664 H. More Modest Enq. Myst. Iniquity 470 [He] tells us the best way..in a Paragraph worthy to be written in letters of Gold, toward the end of the first part of the Homily.

1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Paragraph, a Portion of Matter in a Discourse or Treatise, contained between two Breaks, i.e. which begins with a new Line, and ends where the Line breaks off.

1781 W. Cowper Let. 27 Nov. (1979) I. 546 I have doubts about the expedience of mentioning the Subject on which that paragraph is written.

1830 I. D'Israeli Comm. Life Charles I III. vi. 103 A chronicle which contracts many an important event into a single paragraph.

1863 M. E. Braddon Eleanor's Victory I. ii. 29 The letter..was written in sharp and decisive paragraphs, and in a neat, firm hand.

1938 R. Franken Gold Pennies xv. 159 Mrs. Miller glanced at the opening paragraph.

1995 Times 8 June 19/1 In successive new editions he finely chiselled into each new chapter or paragraph his latest thoughts and research findings.

b. A distinct, usually numbered, article or section of a formal document, esp. a legal or legislative one, dealing with a particular point.

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society > law > written law > [noun] > distinct section of a law

paragraph1552

chapter1660

society > law > legal document > [noun] > paragraph or clause

paragraph1552

style1576

1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Paragraffe or sence in lawe wrytten, or opinion written before a sentence in lawe.

1654 Mercurius Politicus No. 200. 3401 The point of Justice is almost brought to perfection. But about the Paragraphe and Indaganda they cannot yet agree.

c1740 Visct. Bolingbroke Idea Patriot King ii. 10 Our Obligation to submit to the Civil Law is a principal Paragraph in the Natural Law.

1784 P. Van Cortlandt Let. 12 June in J. Judd Corr. Van Cortlandt Family (1977) 499 I herein inclose you a Paragraft out of Coll Beekman's will.

1813 Duke of Wellington Let. 3 July in Dispatches (1838) X. 507 I beg your Lordship's particular attention..to the 13th paragraph of the instructions.

1883 Rules Supr. Court xxxviii. vii Every affidavit shall be..divided into paragraphs, and every paragraph shall be numbered consecutively, and as nearly as may be shall be confined to a distinct portion of the subject.

1932 Statutes at Large U.S.A. (1933) 47 202 The depletion allowance based on discovery value provided in this paragraph shall not exceed 50 per centum of the net income of the taxpayer.

1991 Impact of Sci. on Society (UNESCO) No. 162. 118 No treaty provision relating to transport has given rise to as many reservations and as much anxiety as Article 75, paragraph 1B.

c. Journalism. A short article without a headline in a newspaper or periodical, usually consisting of an item of local news or gossip, or forming one of a regular series of notes on a particular subject. Hence: an item of news.

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society > communication > journalism > journal > matter of or for journals > [noun] > paragraph

paragraph1705

par1879

1705 Boston News-let. 5 Nov. 2/2 Our News-Letter also, will, I hope sufficiently preserve its Reputation, if any Paragraph of it, not setting a thing in all its true light, shall in one weeks time supply all that is defective.

1769 E. Burke Corr. (1844) I. 212 He [sc. the newsprinter] has made a flaming paragraph of it.

1780 Newgate Cal. V. 202 The writer..inserted various paragraphs in the news-papers in favour of the unfortunate men.

1833 H. Martineau Loom & Lugger ii. v. 79 Handing the newspaper to his sister and pointing out a paragraph.

1882 C. Pebody Eng. Journalism xi. 78 The Morning Post..made a name for itself by its fresh and sparkling paragraphs of Court and fashionable gossip.

1902 W. Besant Five Years' Tryst 95 Next day there was a paragraph in the London papers [etc.].

1985 S. Hastings Nancy Mitford iii. 69 Nancy's first attempts at journalism took the form of anonymous paragraphs of gossip in..society magazines.

d. Music. A distinct passage or section in a musical composition, usually dealing with a single central theme or motif.

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society > leisure > the arts > music > piece of music > section of piece of music > [noun]

gammec1425

strain1575

passage1776

figure1884

paragraph1959

1959 Listener 16 July 114/2 The opening paragraph of the Fifth Symphony..takes the old-type dirge..as its model.

1975 Gramophone Sept. 466/3 In the slow movements and the cadenzas he shows himself to be capable of shaping long paragraphs with real discrimination.

1991 Gramophone Jan. 1390/1 The opening of the A minor Sonata is superbly realized..with fierce stinging attack and a masterly control of Mozart's long, highly-charged paragraphs.

2. Typography. A symbol or character (in later use usually ¶ or ⁋), originally used to mark the start of a new section of a text, later also used to introduce an editorial comment or as a reference to a footnote. Now chiefly historical.The original use is common in Middle English manuscripts (where the form is often a red or blue ?,  or ?, ?). It was retained by early printers, and continued to be used to mark sections (usually several verses in length) in some bibles.

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society > communication > writing > written character > punctuation > [noun] > section marks

pilcrow1440

paraphc1460

paragraph1538

paragraph mark1841

versicle1888

section-point1893

1538 T. Elyot Dict. Paragraphus, & paragraphum, a paragrafe.

1565 T. Cooper Thesaurus Introd. *iv Which he may find out by this Paragraffe ?.

1623 H. Cockeram Eng. Dict. Paragraph, a note set in the margent of a booke, to obserue and marke the differing discourses therein.

1688 G. Miège Eng. Gram. 126 Formerly..they used this Figure ¶, termed a Pilcrow, and by the Printers, Paragraph.

1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Pilcrow, an old Word for a Paragraph.

1771 P. Luckombe Hist. Print. 258 ¶ The Paragraph. † The Obelisk.

1795 L. Murray Eng. Gram. 172 A Paragraph ¶ denotes the beginning of a new subject, or a sentence not connected with the foregoing. This character is chiefly used in the Old and New Testament.

1824 J. Johnson Typographia II. iii. 52 At present, paragraphs are seen only in Bibles.

1976 Codicologica 1 78 Penwork flourishes on initials or paragraph signs [etc.].

1993 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 4 Nov. 17/3 The upright letter C, for capitulum, developed into the popular medieval paragraph symbol, called at times a pilcrow or paraph.

3. Skating. A figure in which an ice skater traces a complete circle (or a number of complete circles), with turns or loops incorporated. Usually attributive.

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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > winter sports > skating > [noun] > figure-skating > figure > order or manner of movements in figure

paragraph1930

1930 T. D. Richardson Mod. Figure Skating xx. 184 Let me give a few suggestions of figures requiring the utmost technique; rockers and counters in eight form; three rocker three, and three counter three in paragraph form, i.e. making an eight formed figure.

1948 T. D. Richardson Compl. Figure Skater ix. 79 (caption) The first of the ‘paragraph’ figures—one foot eight forward.

1959 T. D. Richardson Girls' Bk. Skating iv. 57 All you have to do..is to apply your knowledge of the components when putting figures into paragraph form.

1973 Times 7 Feb. 15/8 On the second figure, the paragraph-loop, he was beaten.

2002 Spectator (Hamilton, Ont.) (Nexis) 12 Jan. a8 It was a picture-perfect paragraph loop. It was rhythmic.

Compounds

C1.

† paragraph advertisement n. Obsolete

ΚΠ

1881 Daily News 22 Mar. 6/4 [He] explained that paragraph advertisements were advertisements appearing in the body of the paper amongst the news.

paragraph-maker n.

ΚΠ

?1798 ‘P. Pindar’ Tales of Hoy 53 The Prince of Paragraph-makers! The Nabob of News!

1864 D. D. Home Incidents in my Life (ed. 5) 151 Possibly it may interest some of our readers to know something of Mr. Home, who has lately afforded a prolific subject to paragraph makers.

1997 G. Galt Scribes & Scoundrels vii. 50 A precise paragraph-maker over lunch and neat gin..a maestro who made ideas sing on the page.

C2.

paragraph mark n. = sense 2.

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society > communication > writing > written character > punctuation > [noun] > section marks

pilcrow1440

paraphc1460

paragraph1538

paragraph mark1841

versicle1888

section-point1893

1841 Biblical Repertory 13 169 Solid masses only subdivided by the paragraph mark ¶.

1956 H. Williamson Methods Bk. Design ix. 119 If indention is not used, the typographer will have to find some other means of indicating the start of a new paragraph, such as a drop initial or a paragraph mark—¶.

1993 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 4 Nov. 18/2 Early medieval readers like Dulcitius of Aquino would decorate a work with dots and diples and paragraph marks as they read it.

paragraph-monger n. derogatory a person who writes paragraphs for newspapers (sense 1c); a hack journalist.

ΚΠ

1813 W. Hazlitt Polit. Ess. (1819) 9 Disposing of their government at the will of every paragraph-monger.

1909 Westm. Gaz. 9 June 2/2 Probably, it is said, the Westminster Gazette has been ‘victimised by a paragraph-monger.’

paragraph writer n. = paragraph-monger n.

ΚΠ

1769 Middlesex Jrnl. 14–16 Sept. 4/4 A paragraph writer shall kill you the stoutest man in the kingdom for his sixpence, and bring him to life again for another.

1851 J. S. Jenkins Lives Governors State N.Y. 565 They were paragraph writers for the newspapers, and the distributors of political handbills.

1913 Amer. Hist. Rev. 18 262 The publishers of newspapers had to be paid for their support, and the paragraph writers came in for additional stipends.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

paragraphv.

Brit.

/ˈparəɡrɑːf/,

/ˈparəɡraf/, U.S.

/ˈpɛrəˌɡræf/

Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: paragraph n.

Etymology: < paragraph n. In sense 1 probably after Middle French, French parapher paraph v. Compare earlier paraph v.

†1. transitive. To sign or initial; = paraph v. 2. Obsolete.

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society > communication > indication > that which identifies or distinguishes > personal identification > signature > sign (a document) [verb (transitive)]

sign1442

assign1563

underwrite1569

subsign1572

undersign1580

paragraph1601

style1619

side-sign1708

signature1766

re-sign1805

autographize1822

autograph1833

1601 J. Wheeler Treat. Commerce 90 Giuen..at Praghe..Subscribed Rudolph, Paragraphed I. D. W. Freymondt.

1652 J. Evelyn State of France 44 [They] deliver them [sc. reports] to the Grefier or Clerk, by whom they are to be allowed, that is paragraphed in Parchment.

a. transitive. To mention or write about in a newspaper article or paragraph (paragraph n. 1c). Also intransitive.

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society > communication > journalism > [verb (transitive)] > write paragraph about (a person)

paragraph1764

society > communication > journalism > [verb (transitive)] > write paragraph about (a person) > write paragraph about (a matter)

paragraph1764

1764 S. Foote Patron iii. 73 I will paragraph you in every news-paper.

1774 R. Gough Let. in J. Nichols Lit. Anecd. 18th Cent. (1814) VIII. 611 What..the menial tribe would paragraph to the newspapers.

1780 R. B. Sheridan School for Scandal i. ii. 11 I am sneered at by all my acquaintance—paragraphed in the news-papers.

1827 Examiner 749/2 The newspapers had already begun to paragraph him as a ‘Nonpareil’.

1880 Daily Tel. 11 Nov. No one was more paragraphed and puffed.

1923 Brit. Weekly 15 Mar. 513/4 To be photographed and paragraphed and advertised in order to be ‘seen of men’ becomes a common nursery of egotism and vain-glory.

1962 Washington Daily News 26 July 42/3 As I've paragraphed previously, Miss Heit is a self-sufficient maniac, and there are no limits to her lunacy.

†b. transitive. To force or advance (a person) to something through public exposure in newspaper articles, etc. Obsolete.

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society > communication > journalism > [verb (transitive)] > write paragraph about (a person) > with specific result

paragraph1780

1780 S. Lee Chapter of Accidents iii. ii. 48 The papers will get hold of it, and I shall be paragraphed into purgatory.

1828 Examiner 658/1 His enemies..squibbed, and paragraphed, and taradiddled him to death.

1830 Examiner 610/2 The Politician must be quacked, paragraphed, clubbed, and coteried into notoriety.

1855 De Bow's Rev. Oct. 451 How many of the weak-minded among us, who had been duly paragraphed and prejudiced by inuendoes from northern journals into a proper distrust of themselves.

3. transitive. To divide or arrange (a text) into paragraphs. Also figurative: to split into distinct sections, to interrupt (cf. punctuate v. 2b). Chiefly in passive.

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society > communication > writing > written text > layout > [verb (transitive)] > divide into paragraphs

paraph1440

paragraph1799

the world > relative properties > order > order, sequence, or succession > continuity or uninterruptedness > discontinuity or interrupted condition > break the continuity of or interrupt [verb (transitive)] > at intervals

punctuate1882

paragraph1909

1799 C. Winter in W. Jay Life (1843) 27 The whole is so injudiciously paragraphed, and so wretchedly unconnected.

1856 Putnam's Monthly Mag. Dec. 657/2 The Rural Poetry of the English Language, illustrating the Seasons and Months of the Year.., topically paragraphed, with a complete Index.

1885 Athenæum 14 Nov. 635/2 This..contains H.M. inspectors' reports..classified, paragraphed, and summarized.

1909 H. G. Wells Ann Veronica ix. 168 Ramage looked at her, and then fell into deep reflection as the waiter came to paragraph their talk again.

1959 Vogue Dec. 91 A soft..dress, in pure silk, is scoop-necked, paragraphed with a lightly tying belt.

1983 W. T. Stafford in Henry James: Novels 1871–80 1283 These two sentences..are punctuated and paragraphed in this printing to indicate that the words are Valentin's.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	paragraph
释义	paragraphn. Brit. /ˈparəɡrɑːf/, /ˈparəɡraf/, U.S. /ˈpɛrəˌɡræf/ Forms: late Middle English 1700s paragraf, 1500s paragrafe, 1500s paragraphe, 1500s pargrafte (transmission error), 1500s–1600s paragraff, 1500s–1600s paragraffe, 1600s– paragraph. Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French paragraphe. Etymology: < Middle French paragraphe (13th cent. in Old French as polagrefe , paragrafe , 1552 as paragraphe ; French paragraphe ) paragraph sign, section of text < post-classical Latin paragraphus a short horizontal stroke drawn below the beginning of a line in which a break in the sense occurs (a636 in Isidore), a section of text (from 11th cent. in British sources) < Hellenistic Greek παράγραϕος , used to mark the change of persons in a dialogue, or the corresponding parts of a chorus or parabasis < ancient Greek παρα- para- prefix¹ + -γραϕος -graph comb. form. Compare ancient Greek παραγραϕή , in the same sense, also used to mark the close of a sentence or to indicate that a passage is spurious. (See further E. G. Turner Greek Manuscripts of the Ancient World, 2nd ed. (1987) 8, 12.) Compare Italian paragrafo (1294). Compare earlier paraph n.For earlier use of post-classical Latin paragraphus in an English context compare the following:OE Byrhtferð Enchiridion (Ashm.) (1995) iii. iii. 176 Paragriphus [read paragraphus] ys þus amearcod: Γ; and oft mid þissum tacne man totwæmð mislice gesetnyssa. 1. a. A distinct passage or section of a text, usually composed of several sentences, dealing with a particular point, a short episode in a narrative, a single piece of direct speech, etc.Paragraphs were formerly indicated by the symbol described in sense 2, and are now usually indicated by a line break, often with an indent at the beginning of the new line. ΘΚΠ society > communication > writing > written text > layout > [noun] > distinct passage of closely connected sentences paraph1395 paragrapha1500 pericopea1657 par1844 para1856 society > communication > printing > printed matter > arrangement or appearance of printed matter > [noun] > distinct passage, beginning on new line paragrapha1500 a1500 Promptorium Parvulorum (BL Add. 37789) 382 (MED) Paragraf [1440 Harl. 221 Paraf of a booke, paraphus, paragraphus]. 1525 tr. H. von Brunschwig Noble Experyence Vertuous Handy Warke Surg. sig. Tvj/1 In the xxv chapytre..in the seconde paragraphe. 1545 R. Ascham Toxophilus i. f. 34^v I call that by bookes and chapiters, whyche the greke booke deuideth by chapiters and paragraphes. 1602 W. Watson Decacordon Ten Quodlibeticall Questions Pref. sig. A2^v No Paragraffe in positiue Discourse, no Paradoxe amongst Orators. 1664 H. More Modest Enq. Myst. Iniquity 470 [He] tells us the best way..in a Paragraph worthy to be written in letters of Gold, toward the end of the first part of the Homily. 1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Paragraph, a Portion of Matter in a Discourse or Treatise, contained between two Breaks, i.e. which begins with a new Line, and ends where the Line breaks off. 1781 W. Cowper Let. 27 Nov. (1979) I. 546 I have doubts about the expedience of mentioning the Subject on which that paragraph is written. 1830 I. D'Israeli Comm. Life Charles I III. vi. 103 A chronicle which contracts many an important event into a single paragraph. 1863 M. E. Braddon Eleanor's Victory I. ii. 29 The letter..was written in sharp and decisive paragraphs, and in a neat, firm hand. 1938 R. Franken Gold Pennies xv. 159 Mrs. Miller glanced at the opening paragraph. 1995 Times 8 June 19/1 In successive new editions he finely chiselled into each new chapter or paragraph his latest thoughts and research findings. b. A distinct, usually numbered, article or section of a formal document, esp. a legal or legislative one, dealing with a particular point. ΘΚΠ society > law > written law > [noun] > distinct section of a law paragraph1552 chapter1660 society > law > legal document > [noun] > paragraph or clause paragraph1552 style1576 1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Paragraffe or sence in lawe wrytten, or opinion written before a sentence in lawe. 1654 Mercurius Politicus No. 200. 3401 The point of Justice is almost brought to perfection. But about the Paragraphe and Indaganda they cannot yet agree. c1740 Visct. Bolingbroke Idea Patriot King ii. 10 Our Obligation to submit to the Civil Law is a principal Paragraph in the Natural Law. 1784 P. Van Cortlandt Let. 12 June in J. Judd Corr. Van Cortlandt Family (1977) 499 I herein inclose you a Paragraft out of Coll Beekman's will. 1813 Duke of Wellington Let. 3 July in Dispatches (1838) X. 507 I beg your Lordship's particular attention..to the 13th paragraph of the instructions. 1883 Rules Supr. Court xxxviii. vii Every affidavit shall be..divided into paragraphs, and every paragraph shall be numbered consecutively, and as nearly as may be shall be confined to a distinct portion of the subject. 1932 Statutes at Large U.S.A. (1933) 47 202 The depletion allowance based on discovery value provided in this paragraph shall not exceed 50 per centum of the net income of the taxpayer. 1991 Impact of Sci. on Society (UNESCO) No. 162. 118 No treaty provision relating to transport has given rise to as many reservations and as much anxiety as Article 75, paragraph 1B. c. Journalism. A short article without a headline in a newspaper or periodical, usually consisting of an item of local news or gossip, or forming one of a regular series of notes on a particular subject. Hence: an item of news. ΘΚΠ society > communication > journalism > journal > matter of or for journals > [noun] > paragraph paragraph1705 par1879 1705 Boston News-let. 5 Nov. 2/2 Our News-Letter also, will, I hope sufficiently preserve its Reputation, if any Paragraph of it, not setting a thing in all its true light, shall in one weeks time supply all that is defective. 1769 E. Burke Corr. (1844) I. 212 He [sc. the newsprinter] has made a flaming paragraph of it. 1780 Newgate Cal. V. 202 The writer..inserted various paragraphs in the news-papers in favour of the unfortunate men. 1833 H. Martineau Loom & Lugger ii. v. 79 Handing the newspaper to his sister and pointing out a paragraph. 1882 C. Pebody Eng. Journalism xi. 78 The Morning Post..made a name for itself by its fresh and sparkling paragraphs of Court and fashionable gossip. 1902 W. Besant Five Years' Tryst 95 Next day there was a paragraph in the London papers [etc.]. 1985 S. Hastings Nancy Mitford iii. 69 Nancy's first attempts at journalism took the form of anonymous paragraphs of gossip in..society magazines. d. Music. A distinct passage or section in a musical composition, usually dealing with a single central theme or motif. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > piece of music > section of piece of music > [noun] gammec1425 strain1575 passage1776 figure1884 paragraph1959 1959 Listener 16 July 114/2 The opening paragraph of the Fifth Symphony..takes the old-type dirge..as its model. 1975 Gramophone Sept. 466/3 In the slow movements and the cadenzas he shows himself to be capable of shaping long paragraphs with real discrimination. 1991 Gramophone Jan. 1390/1 The opening of the A minor Sonata is superbly realized..with fierce stinging attack and a masterly control of Mozart's long, highly-charged paragraphs. 2. Typography. A symbol or character (in later use usually ¶ or ⁋), originally used to mark the start of a new section of a text, later also used to introduce an editorial comment or as a reference to a footnote. Now chiefly historical.The original use is common in Middle English manuscripts (where the form is often a red or blue ?,  or ?, ?). It was retained by early printers, and continued to be used to mark sections (usually several verses in length) in some bibles. ΘΚΠ society > communication > writing > written character > punctuation > [noun] > section marks pilcrow1440 paraphc1460 paragraph1538 paragraph mark1841 versicle1888 section-point1893 1538 T. Elyot Dict. Paragraphus, & paragraphum, a paragrafe. 1565 T. Cooper Thesaurus Introd. iv Which he may find out by this Paragraffe ?. 1623 H. Cockeram Eng. Dict.* Paragraph, a note set in the margent of a booke, to obserue and marke the differing discourses therein. 1688 G. Miège Eng. Gram. 126 Formerly..they used this Figure ¶, termed a Pilcrow, and by the Printers, Paragraph. 1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Pilcrow, an old Word for a Paragraph. 1771 P. Luckombe Hist. Print. 258 ¶ The Paragraph. † The Obelisk. 1795 L. Murray Eng. Gram. 172 A Paragraph ¶ denotes the beginning of a new subject, or a sentence not connected with the foregoing. This character is chiefly used in the Old and New Testament. 1824 J. Johnson Typographia II. iii. 52 At present, paragraphs are seen only in Bibles. 1976 Codicologica 1 78 Penwork flourishes on initials or paragraph signs [etc.]. 1993 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 4 Nov. 17/3 The upright letter C, for capitulum, developed into the popular medieval paragraph symbol, called at times a pilcrow or paraph. 3. Skating. A figure in which an ice skater traces a complete circle (or a number of complete circles), with turns or loops incorporated. Usually attributive. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > winter sports > skating > [noun] > figure-skating > figure > order or manner of movements in figure paragraph1930 1930 T. D. Richardson Mod. Figure Skating xx. 184 Let me give a few suggestions of figures requiring the utmost technique; rockers and counters in eight form; three rocker three, and three counter three in paragraph form, i.e. making an eight formed figure. 1948 T. D. Richardson Compl. Figure Skater ix. 79 (caption) The first of the ‘paragraph’ figures—one foot eight forward. 1959 T. D. Richardson Girls' Bk. Skating iv. 57 All you have to do..is to apply your knowledge of the components when putting figures into paragraph form. 1973 Times 7 Feb. 15/8 On the second figure, the paragraph-loop, he was beaten. 2002 Spectator (Hamilton, Ont.) (Nexis) 12 Jan. a8 It was a picture-perfect paragraph loop. It was rhythmic. Compounds C1. † paragraph advertisement n. Obsolete ΚΠ 1881 Daily News 22 Mar. 6/4 [He] explained that paragraph advertisements were advertisements appearing in the body of the paper amongst the news. paragraph-maker n. ΚΠ ?1798 ‘P. Pindar’ Tales of Hoy 53 The Prince of Paragraph-makers! The Nabob of News! 1864 D. D. Home Incidents in my Life (ed. 5) 151 Possibly it may interest some of our readers to know something of Mr. Home, who has lately afforded a prolific subject to paragraph makers. 1997 G. Galt Scribes & Scoundrels vii. 50 A precise paragraph-maker over lunch and neat gin..a maestro who made ideas sing on the page. C2. paragraph mark n. = sense 2. ΘΚΠ society > communication > writing > written character > punctuation > [noun] > section marks pilcrow1440 paraphc1460 paragraph1538 paragraph mark1841 versicle1888 section-point1893 1841 Biblical Repertory 13 169 Solid masses only subdivided by the paragraph mark ¶. 1956 H. Williamson Methods Bk. Design ix. 119 If indention is not used, the typographer will have to find some other means of indicating the start of a new paragraph, such as a drop initial or a paragraph mark—¶. 1993 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 4 Nov. 18/2 Early medieval readers like Dulcitius of Aquino would decorate a work with dots and diples and paragraph marks as they read it. paragraph-monger n. derogatory a person who writes paragraphs for newspapers (sense 1c); a hack journalist. ΚΠ 1813 W. Hazlitt Polit. Ess. (1819) 9 Disposing of their government at the will of every paragraph-monger. 1909 Westm. Gaz. 9 June 2/2 Probably, it is said, the Westminster Gazette has been ‘victimised by a paragraph-monger.’ paragraph writer n. = paragraph-monger n. ΚΠ 1769 Middlesex Jrnl. 14–16 Sept. 4/4 A paragraph writer shall kill you the stoutest man in the kingdom for his sixpence, and bring him to life again for another. 1851 J. S. Jenkins Lives Governors State N.Y. 565 They were paragraph writers for the newspapers, and the distributors of political handbills. 1913 Amer. Hist. Rev. 18 262 The publishers of newspapers had to be paid for their support, and the paragraph writers came in for additional stipends. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). paragraphv. Brit. /ˈparəɡrɑːf/, /ˈparəɡraf/, U.S. /ˈpɛrəˌɡræf/ Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: paragraph n. Etymology: < paragraph n. In sense 1 probably after Middle French, French parapher paraph v. Compare earlier paraph v. †1. transitive. To sign or initial; = paraph v. 2. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > communication > indication > that which identifies or distinguishes > personal identification > signature > sign (a document) [verb (transitive)] sign1442 assign1563 underwrite1569 subsign1572 undersign1580 paragraph1601 style1619 side-sign1708 signature1766 re-sign1805 autographize1822 autograph1833 1601 J. Wheeler Treat. Commerce 90 Giuen..at Praghe..Subscribed Rudolph, Paragraphed I. D. W. Freymondt. 1652 J. Evelyn State of France 44 [They] deliver them [sc. reports] to the Grefier or Clerk, by whom they are to be allowed, that is paragraphed in Parchment. 2. a. transitive. To mention or write about in a newspaper article or paragraph (paragraph n. 1c). Also intransitive. ΘΚΠ society > communication > journalism > [verb (transitive)] > write paragraph about (a person) paragraph1764 society > communication > journalism > [verb (transitive)] > write paragraph about (a person) > write paragraph about (a matter) paragraph1764 1764 S. Foote Patron iii. 73 I will paragraph you in every news-paper. 1774 R. Gough Let. in J. Nichols Lit. Anecd. 18th Cent. (1814) VIII. 611 What..the menial tribe would paragraph to the newspapers. 1780 R. B. Sheridan School for Scandal i. ii. 11 I am sneered at by all my acquaintance—paragraphed in the news-papers. 1827 Examiner 749/2 The newspapers had already begun to paragraph him as a ‘Nonpareil’. 1880 Daily Tel. 11 Nov. No one was more paragraphed and puffed. 1923 Brit. Weekly 15 Mar. 513/4 To be photographed and paragraphed and advertised in order to be ‘seen of men’ becomes a common nursery of egotism and vain-glory. 1962 Washington Daily News 26 July 42/3 As I've paragraphed previously, Miss Heit is a self-sufficient maniac, and there are no limits to her lunacy. †b. transitive. To force or advance (a person) to something through public exposure in newspaper articles, etc. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > communication > journalism > [verb (transitive)] > write paragraph about (a person) > with specific result paragraph1780 1780 S. Lee Chapter of Accidents iii. ii. 48 The papers will get hold of it, and I shall be paragraphed into purgatory. 1828 Examiner 658/1 His enemies..squibbed, and paragraphed, and taradiddled him to death. 1830 Examiner 610/2 The Politician must be quacked, paragraphed, clubbed, and coteried into notoriety. 1855 De Bow's Rev. Oct. 451 How many of the weak-minded among us, who had been duly paragraphed and prejudiced by inuendoes from northern journals into a proper distrust of themselves. 3. transitive. To divide or arrange (a text) into paragraphs. Also figurative: to split into distinct sections, to interrupt (cf. punctuate v. 2b). Chiefly in passive. ΘΚΠ society > communication > writing > written text > layout > [verb (transitive)] > divide into paragraphs paraph1440 paragraph1799 the world > relative properties > order > order, sequence, or succession > continuity or uninterruptedness > discontinuity or interrupted condition > break the continuity of or interrupt [verb (transitive)] > at intervals punctuate1882 paragraph1909 1799 C. Winter in W. Jay Life (1843) 27 The whole is so injudiciously paragraphed, and so wretchedly unconnected. 1856 Putnam's Monthly Mag. Dec. 657/2 The Rural Poetry of the English Language, illustrating the Seasons and Months of the Year.., topically paragraphed, with a complete Index. 1885 Athenæum 14 Nov. 635/2 This..contains H.M. inspectors' reports..classified, paragraphed, and summarized. 1909 H. G. Wells Ann Veronica ix. 168 Ramage looked at her, and then fell into deep reflection as the waiter came to paragraph their talk again. 1959 Vogue Dec. 91 A soft..dress, in pure silk, is scoop-necked, paragraphed with a lightly tying belt. 1983 W. T. Stafford in Henry James: Novels 1871–80 1283 These two sentences..are punctuated and paragraphed in this printing to indicate that the words are Valentin's. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.a1500v.1601
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