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单词 periplum
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periplumn.

Brit. /ˈpɛrᵻpləm/, U.S. /ˈpɛrəˌpləm/
Origin: Either (i) a borrowing from Latin. Or (ii) a variant or alteration of another lexical item; modelled on Latin lexical items. Etymons: Latin periplum ; periplus n.
Etymology: Either < classical Latin periplum, accusative of periplūs periplus n., or alteration of periplus n. after Latin neuter nouns in -um.
poetic.
Originally and chiefly in the poetry of Ezra Pound: = periplus n. 1a.
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society > travel > aspects of travel > a journey > record or account of (a) journey(s > [noun] > of circumnavigation
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1940 E. Pound Cantos LII–LXXI lix. 83 Periplum, not as land looks on a map But as sea bord seen by men sailing.
1948 E. Pound Pisan Cantos lxxiv. 3 The great periplum brings in the stars to our shore.
1974 D. Dunn Love or Nothing 28 Strabo in the poop Studying the periplum... Infinity of routes where steel wanders.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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