† passiunclen.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: passion n., -uncle suffix.

Etymology: < passi- (in passion n.) + -uncle suffix. Compare post-classical Latin passiuncula (12th cent., 1483 in British glossarial sources).

Obsolete.

An insignificant or trivial passion.Apparently only in or with reference to the works of Thomas De Quincey.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > passion > [noun] > petty or contemptible passion

passiuncle1834

1834 T. De Quincey Sketches Life & Manners in Tait's Edinb. Mag. Mar. 93/1 Now of men and women generally, parodying that terminology, we ought to say—not that they are at all capable of passions, but of passiuncles.

1840 T. De Quincey in Tait's Edinb. Mag. Mar. 160/2 Many..of whom I have already said, borrowing the model of the word from Hartley, that they have not so much passions as passiuncles.

1865 Fraser's Mag. Dec. 751/2 Arguing (after De Quincey) that a succession of passiuncles exhausts the soil of the heart and impairs the capacity for genuine and profound emotion.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online June 2019).

单词	passiuncle
释义	† passiunclen. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: passion n., -uncle suffix. Etymology: < passi- (in passion n.) + -uncle suffix. Compare post-classical Latin passiuncula (12th cent., 1483 in British glossarial sources). Obsolete. An insignificant or trivial passion.Apparently only in or with reference to the works of Thomas De Quincey. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > passion > [noun] > petty or contemptible passion passiuncle1834 1834 T. De Quincey Sketches Life & Manners in Tait's Edinb. Mag. Mar. 93/1 Now of men and women generally, parodying that terminology, we ought to say—not that they are at all capable of passions, but of passiuncles. 1840 T. De Quincey in Tait's Edinb. Mag. Mar. 160/2 Many..of whom I have already said, borrowing the model of the word from Hartley, that they have not so much passions as passiuncles. 1865 Fraser's Mag. Dec. 751/2 Arguing (after De Quincey) that a succession of passiuncles exhausts the soil of the heart and impairs the capacity for genuine and profound emotion. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < n.1834
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