单词 | synecdochically |
释义 | synecdochicallyadv. In a synecdochic manner; by synecdoche. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > figure of speech > figures of meaning > [adverb] > by synecdoche synecdochically1603 1603 H. Clapham Three Partes Salomon Song of Songs Expounded iii. xxxvii. 296 The side of Christ was pierced, that so the doore of life there might be set open, from whence the Churches sacraments haue issued: vnderstanding so by water, Baptisme: and by blood (synecdochically) the Lord his last supper. 1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica vi. i. 280 So is it said that Christ was three dayes in the grave..which..must be taken Synechdochically, or by understanding a part for an whole day. View more context for this quotation 1679 C. Ness Distinct Disc. Antichrist 71 All the world is synecdochically taken for the most parts of it. 1709 H. Chandler Effort against Biggotry (ed. 2) 7 By Meat and Drink are Synecdochically comprehended all other Things of like Nature. 1837 C. A. Wheelwright tr. Aristophanes Comedies II. 32 (note) The miseries of war, for which shields are put synecdochically. 1860 New Englander Feb. 226 Words often pass synecdochically from the species to the genus, as bread for food in general; from the subordinate part or member to the whole, as a hand for a workman or agent; or from the constituent part to the whole, as soul for a person. 1911 H. S. Harrison Queed xvii The eyes (which you use synecdochically to represent the character). 1999 C. A. Williams Rom. Homosexuality iv. 138 Various other texts describe excessive mourning (and, synecdochically, tears) as being womanish. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adv.1603 |
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