plurisignationn.
/ˌplʊərᵻˌsɪɡˈneɪʃn/, /ˌplɔːrᵻˌsɪɡˈneɪʃn/, U.S. /ˌplʊrəˌsɪɡˈneɪʃ(ə)n/ Chiefly Literary Theory.
= plurisignification n.
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plurisignation1940
plurisignification1940
1940 P. Wheelwright in Kenyon Rev. 2 268 We may distinguish three types of simultaneous plurisignation.
1964 J. Stone Legal Syst. & Lawyers' Reasonings i. 34 (heading) ‘Law properly so-called’ and plurisignation of words.
1997 Jerusalem Post (Nexis) 17 Jan. (Features section) 27 A word or a passage may have various levels and meanings of ‘semantic thrust,’ or what critical jargon calls plurisignation.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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n.1940- to leave well alone
- to leave well enough alone
- to leave wide open
- to leave wide open to something
- to lecture it
- to leese one's life-days
- to leese one's lifedays
- to leftward
- to leftward of
- to leg along
- to leg it
- to leg out
- to leg through
- to lend a a helping hand
- to lend a deaf ear
- to lend a hand
- to lend a shoulder
- to lend an ear or one's ears
- to lend an open ear
- to lend audience
- to lend colour
- to lend colour to
- to lend credence to
- to lend forth
- to lend hearing