单词 | septuncial |
释义 | † septuncialadj. Obsolete. rare. That weighs seven ounces; (also) constituting seven-eighths of the whole.Apparently only in dictionaries (after Blount) prior to use by Joyce. ΚΠ 1656 T. Blount Glossographia Septuncial, of seven ounces, or seven parts of the whole. 1721 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. Septuncial, belonging to 7 Ounces. 1925 J. Joyce in This Quarter 1 ii. 114 This explains the litany of septuncial lettertrumpets honorific, highpitched, erudite, neoclassical which he so loved as patricianly to manuscribe after his name. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2020). < adj.1656 |
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