单词 | synchysis |
释义 | synchysisn. 1. Grammar and Rhetoric. A confused arrangement of words in a sentence, obscuring the meaning. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > obscurity > [noun] > confusion > confused or obscure piece of writing or discourse obscurity1495 synchysis1577 skimble-skamble1619 fuzz1674 nebulaa1734 skew1890 1577 H. Peacham Garden of Eloquence sig. Gj Synchisis, a confusion of order, in all partes of the construction. 1612 J. Brinsley Ludus Lit. xv. 199 They will oft haue a Synchesis, or a disordered confusion of their wordes. 1672 J. Dryden Def. Epilogue in Conquest Granada 165 And be free Not Heaven it self from thy impiety. A Synchœsis, or ill placing of words, of which Tully so much complains in Oratory. 1693 tr. N. Knatchbull Annot. New Test. 133 The English Translator hath exprest the sence, but not Translated strictly to the words, which by reason of the Synchysis..being not well distinguished, are not..so rightly rendred as they ought. 2. Pathology. Softening or fluidity of the vitreous humour of the eye; called sparkling synchysis (s. scintillans) when minute flakes of cholesterin float in the humour, causing a sparkling appearance in the field of vision. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of eye > disordered vision > [noun] > specks or sparks before eye stars1598 synchysis1684 muscae volitantes1715 spot1785 phosphene1852 muscae1856 sparkling synchisis1859 spark1899 floater1902 1684 tr. S. Blankaart Physical Dict. 247 Synchysis is a preternatural Confusion of the Blood and Humors of the Eye. 1847–9 Todd's Cycl. Anat. & Physiol. IV. i. 99/1 The peculiar softening of the vitreous humour called sparkling synchisis. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1919; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1577 |
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