单词 | pro-name |
释义 | > as lemmaspro-name ΚΠ 1711 Gram. Eng. Tongue v. 76 The frequent Repetition of the same Words, being as disagreeable, as it is necessary for us to speak often of the same Thing; to avoid this..There are certain Words establish'd to supply this Defect, and remove this Indecorum, which are call'd Pronames, or Personal Names, or vulgarly Pronouns. 1773 J. Carter Pract. Eng. Gram. iii. i. 57 Relative Names are also called Pronouns, or Pronames, that is, put for Names, as is exemplified above. 1859 R. Moffat Matabele Jrnl. 12 Nov. (1945) II. 219 A sentence something like the one you give, only with a transposition of pronames..dropped from his lips soon after he came. < as lemmas |
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