单词 | resurgam |
释义 | resurgamphr. ‘I shall rise again’ (expressing Christian faith in resurrection at the Last Judgement). Also in extended use. ΘΚΠ society > faith > aspects of faith > spirituality > soul > regeneration > [phrase] resurgam1633 1633 A. Munday et al. Stow's Surv. of London (new ed.) 775/1 (heading) Iohn King Bishop of London..lyes buried in the South Ile of Saint Pauls,..having onely a plaine Marble over him, and Resvrgam written on it for his Epitaph. 1662 J. Trapp Comm. Old & New Test. 142 Howbeit he had hope in his death, and might write Resurgam on his grave. 1809 W. Taylor in J. W. Robberds Mem. W. Taylor (1843) II. 283 Let no motto be written upon its ach'ment but Resurgam. 1847 W. M. Thackeray Vanity Fair (1848) xiv. 126 Arms and Hatchments, Resurgam.—Here is an opportunity for moralizing! c1859 E. Dickinson Poems (1955) I. 56 I slew a worm the other day—A ‘Savant’ passing by Murmured ‘Resurgam’—‘Centipede’! ‘Oh Lord—how frail are we’! 1935 ‘G. Orwell’ Clergyman's Daughter ii. 110 ‘There!’ he would say optimistically, feeling the place with his thumb. ‘That b—'s in his grave!’ The epitaph should have been Resurgam, however. The nail invariably worked its way up again within a quarter of an hour. 1963 College Eng. 24 608/2 ‘Resurgam,’ I said to myself, looking as much like a freshly roasted phoenix as I could. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < phr.1633 |
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