单词 | phrase-name |
释义 | > as lemmasphrase-name phrase-name n. a name, esp. a personal name, consisting of or derived from a phrase. ΚΠ 1892 Trans. Amer. Philol. Assoc. 23 195 For the local reference in the phrase-name ‘Jack of Naples’ compare Jack of Dover, Jack of Paris, both applied to some kind of pie. 1931 W. D. Bowman Story of Surnames xi. 197 The result of his [sc. the nicknamer's] imaginative efforts we see in what is known as the phrase-name. 1996 Rev. Eng. Stud. 47 302 He finds Langland's extraordinary phrase-name personifications to mark a radical departure in personification use. < as lemmas |
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