单词 | parathetic |
释义 | paratheticadj. Relating to or characterized by parathesis (in various senses); (Grammar) appositive. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > linguistics > study of grammar > morphology > word-formation > [adjective] > compound > agglutinated parathetic1837 agglutinate1845 1837 Southern Literary Messenger 3 166/2 We will call this process of expressing ideas by mere juxtaposition of words parathesis, and languages founded upon this process parathetic idioms. 1870 F. W. Farrar Families of Speech iv. 172 These are parathetic compounds, i.e. there is only a juxtaposition not a fusion. 1870 F. W. Farrar Families of Speech iv. 172 Such a parathetic compound as house-top or sister-in-law. 1909 Classical Philol. 4 440 The distinction between synthetic sentences, or those which are closely bound to the sentence on which they depend, and parathetic, which are not so bound, and are in reality independent. 1984 Mod. Philol. 81 354 In general, parathetic compounds with -mon are read with initial stress only. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1837 |
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