单词 | phantomnation |
释义 | phantomnationn. Misinterpretation of phantome-nation in quot. 1725 for phantom nation n. at phantom n. and adj. Compounds 1a in Worcester Dict. Eng. Lang., and followed by Webster's Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. (1864) and some later 19th-cent. dictionaries, who take it to mean ‘illusion, appearance of a phantom’.The misinterpretation probably arose from Jodrell's recording the expression in Pope as a solid in accordance with his characteristic method of writing compounds (see quot. 1820). ΚΠ 1820 R. P. Jodrell Philol. Eng. Lang. Phantomnation, a multitude of spectres.] 1860 J. E. Worcester Dict. Eng. Lang. Phantomnation, illusion. 1864 Webster's Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. Phantomnation, appearance as of a phantom; illusion. (Obs. and rare.) Pope. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1860 |
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