单词 | paragraphic |
释义 | paragraphicadj.1 Of or relating to paragraphs or to the arrangement of text into paragraphs; relating to newspaper paragraphs (paragraph n. 1c); brief, synoptic.The sense in quot. 1790 is unclear; perhaps figurative: periodic, taken at intervals. ΘΚΠ society > communication > writing > written text > layout > [adjective] > of or relating to paragraph form or nature paragraphisticala1640 paragraphical1748 paragraphic1790 society > communication > printing > printed matter > arrangement or appearance of printed matter > [adjective] > of the nature or form of paragraphs paragraphisticala1640 paragraphical1748 paragraphic1790 1790 By-stander 94 The stimulating influence of puffing spice and paragraphic Cayenne. 1813 Edinb. Rev. 21 221 Some unprosperous member of the paragraphic corps. 1848 G. S. Faber Many Mansions (1851) Pref. 41 Translation and paragraphic division of the Cosmogony down to the end of the Fourth Day. 1866 Athenæum 29 Dec. 870 Sententious and paragraphic common-places. 1908 Westm. Gaz. 8 Apr. 4/2 In spite of an admirable paragraphic estimate of Old Crome and other flowers of ‘appreciation’ thrown in here and there, [etc.]. 1958 V. Nabokov Let. 7 Mar. in Sel. Lett. (1989) 251 I would not like to change the paragraphic division. 1981 Amer. Speech 56 225 The SED presents it in lists, paragraphic rather than tabular. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). paragraphicadj.2 Medicine. Of or relating to paragraphia. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > defective or inarticulate speech > [adjective] > specific disorders tongue-tied1530 scanning1881 word-deaf1883 word-blind1888 paragraphic1899 paraphasic1899 adenoidal1908 telegraphic1916 adenoidy1926 paragrammatic1956 logorrhœic1960 paragrammatical1962 logorrhœtic1965 1899 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. VII. 435 The writing..of other patients may show defects of a paragraphic type. 1967 Arch. Neurol. 36 506 Paragraphic errors while typing were shown to be secondary to left hemispatial neglect. 1997 Neurology 49 946 Both patients made agraphic errors (impaired recall) for kanji and agraphic or paragraphic errors (changing into other symbols) for kana. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.11790adj.21899 |
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