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单词 synecdochical
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synecdochicaladj.

Brit. /ˌsɪnᵻkˈdɒkᵻkl/, U.S. /ˌsɪnəkˈdɑkək(ə)l/
Forms: 1500s senecdochicall, 1600s synecdochicall, 1600s synegdochicall, 1700s synecdoctrical (perhaps transmission error), 1700s– synecdochical, 1800s synechdochical.
Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin synecdochicus , -al suffix1.
Etymology: < post-classical Latin synecdochicus synecdochic adj. + -al suffix1. Compare earlier synecdoche n.In the form synecdoctrical perhaps by association with classical Latin doctrīna doctrine n. and related words.
a. Grammar and Rhetoric. = synecdochic adj. 1.
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society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > figure of speech > figures of meaning > [adjective] > synecdochic
synecdochical1597
synecdochic1787
1597 M. Drayton Englands Heroicall Epist. Notes f. 60 v Isis heere is vsed for Thamesis by a Senecdochicall [1608 synecdochicall] kinde of speech.
1619 J. Sempill Sacrilege Sacredly Handled 21 Tremellius..noteth this speech to be both Synecdochicall, in putting Sacrifices for all sorts of Offrings..and Metonymicall.
1650 T. Fuller Pisgah-sight of Palestine ii. v. 134 A cup being taken here by a Synecdochicall metonymie for all plentifull Provisions.
1702 C. Mather Magnalia Christi vii. i. 5/2 Synecdoctrical [sic] Pay, being a certain Figure in our avaritious..Rhetoric, by which there passes, pars pro Toto.
1726 R. Whatley Let. to Right Honourable Lord-Chief-Justice King (ed. 2) 11 They [sc. two mottoes] are both very good..but labour both under the same Imperfection, of containing but a very Synecdochical Allusion to the Greatness of their Lordships respective Characters.
1876 J. Martin tr. C. F. Keil Comm. Ezek. xl. 38–47 A synecdochical designation applied to every kind of animal sacrifice.
1908 Notes & Queries 22 Feb. 157/1 ‘Shirt’ is synecdochical for man, ‘shift’ for woman.
2003 M. R. Bennett & P. M. S. Hacker Philos. Found. Neuroscience iii. ix. 246 If neuroscientists speak of the brain and its parts as being conscious, what they say makes sense only in so far as this is a synecdochical or metonymical use of words.
b. Cultural Anthropology. = synecdochic adj. 2. Obsolete. rare.
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the world > the supernatural > the occult > sorcery, witchcraft, or magic > [adjective] > involving synecdochism
synecdochical1887
synecdochic1897
1887 O. T. Mason in Science 7 Jan. 17/2 Synechdochical Magic.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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