pilcrown.

Brit.

/ˈpɪlkrəʊ/, U.S.

/ˈpɪlˌkroʊ/

Forms:

α. late Middle English pilecrafte, late Middle English pylcraft, late Middle English pylcrafte.

β. 1500s pilcrowe, 1500s– pilcrow, 1600s peelcrow, 1600s pilgrow, 1600s pilkrow, 1600s pillcrow, 1600s pillkrow.

Origin: Apparently a variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: paragraph n.

Etymology: Apparently < an unattested variant of paragraph n. with dissimilation of r to l (compare Old French pelagraphe , pelagreffe (both 13th cent.)), with folk-etymological alteration of the first element after pill v.¹ and of the second element after either (in α. forms) craft n. or (in β. forms) crow n.¹

Typography.

A symbol marking the start of a paragraph; = paragraph n. 2. Also occasionally: the section of text so marked; = paragraph n. 1a.

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Promptorium Parvulorum (Harl. 221) 398 Pylcrafte [a1500 King's Cambr. pilecrafte], yn a booke, asteriscus, paragraphus.

?c1460 Medulla Gram. (BL Add.) in A. Way Promptorium Parvulorum (1853) II. 398 (note) Paragrapha, pylcraft in wry[t]ynge.

1580 T. Tusser Fiue Hundred Pointes Good Husbandrie (new ed.) facing f. 1 In husbandrie matters, where Pilcrowe ye finde, That verse appertaineth, to huswiferie kinde.

1602 R. Tyrie 5 Godlie Serm. 18 To stand as a Cypher in Augrim, or as a pilcrow in a latine Primmer.

1658 E. Phillips New World Eng. Words at Paragraph A full head, or title in any kind of writing; as much as is comprehended in one section, it is also called a Pillkrow.

1688 G. Miège Eng. Gram. 126 Formerly..they used this Figure ¶, termed a Pilcrow, and by the Printers, Paragraph.

1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Pilcrow, an old Word for a Paragraph.

1897 S. S. Sprigge Life of T. Wakley xv. 141 The leading article..calling attention to them with interjections..and all sorts of verbal pilcrows.

1969 V. Nabokov Ada iv. 542 I suggest adding a pilcrow for persons who read while driving.

1993 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 4 Nov. 17/3 The upright letter C, for capitulum, developed into the popular medieval paragraph symbol, called at times a pilcrow or a paraph.

2011 Daily Tel. (Nexis) 25 Mar. 24 The neatly ruled margins..were populated with signs that later fell into extinction—asterisks and obelisks and what people now call pilcrows (¶).

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	pilcrow
释义	pilcrown. Brit. /ˈpɪlkrəʊ/, U.S. /ˈpɪlˌkroʊ/ Forms: α. late Middle English pilecrafte, late Middle English pylcraft, late Middle English pylcrafte. β. 1500s pilcrowe, 1500s– pilcrow, 1600s peelcrow, 1600s pilgrow, 1600s pilkrow, 1600s pillcrow, 1600s pillkrow. Origin: Apparently a variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: paragraph n. Etymology: Apparently < an unattested variant of paragraph n. with dissimilation of r to l (compare Old French pelagraphe , pelagreffe (both 13th cent.)), with folk-etymological alteration of the first element after pill v.¹ and of the second element after either (in α. forms) craft n. or (in β. forms) crow n.¹ Typography. A symbol marking the start of a paragraph; = paragraph n. 2. Also occasionally: the section of text so marked; = paragraph n. 1a. ΘΚΠ society > communication > writing > written character > punctuation > [noun] > section marks pilcrow1440 paraphc1460 paragraph1538 paragraph mark1841 versicle1888 section-point1893 Promptorium Parvulorum (Harl. 221) 398 Pylcrafte [a1500 King's Cambr. pilecrafte], yn a booke, asteriscus, paragraphus. ?c1460 Medulla Gram. (BL Add.) in A. Way Promptorium Parvulorum (1853) II. 398 (note) Paragrapha, pylcraft in wry[t]ynge. 1580 T. Tusser Fiue Hundred Pointes Good Husbandrie (new ed.) facing f. 1 In husbandrie matters, where Pilcrowe ye finde, That verse appertaineth, to huswiferie kinde. 1602 R. Tyrie 5 Godlie Serm. 18 To stand as a Cypher in Augrim, or as a pilcrow in a latine Primmer. 1658 E. Phillips New World Eng. Words at Paragraph A full head, or title in any kind of writing; as much as is comprehended in one section, it is also called a Pillkrow. 1688 G. Miège Eng. Gram. 126 Formerly..they used this Figure ¶, termed a Pilcrow, and by the Printers, Paragraph. 1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Pilcrow, an old Word for a Paragraph. 1897 S. S. Sprigge Life of T. Wakley xv. 141 The leading article..calling attention to them with interjections..and all sorts of verbal pilcrows. 1969 V. Nabokov Ada iv. 542 I suggest adding a pilcrow for persons who read while driving. 1993 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 4 Nov. 17/3 The upright letter C, for capitulum, developed into the popular medieval paragraph symbol, called at times a pilcrow or a paraph. 2011 Daily Tel. (Nexis) 25 Mar. 24 The neatly ruled margins..were populated with signs that later fell into extinction—asterisks and obelisks and what people now call pilcrows (¶). This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1440
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