单词 | synonymic |
释义 | synonymicadj.n. A. adj. 1. Of, relating to, consisting of, or exhibiting synonyms. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > linguistics > semantics > synonymy > [adjective] > synonym synonymous1805 synonymical1806 synonymic1816 1816 W. Taylor in Monthly Rev. 79 472 A synonymic table of the geography of Egypt under the Pharaohs. 1857 J. W. Gibbs Philol. Stud. 220 Synonymic distinctions, however, should not be carried too far in any language. 1871 W. F. Kirby (title) A Synonymic Catalogue of Diurnal Lepidoptera. 1881 Nature 24 Mar. 481/2 The intricate windings of synonymic literature. 1899 A. Gudeman in Class. Rev. XIII. 214/2 Pulchritudinem ac speciem. The same synonymic collocation occurs in Firm. Maternus. 2. ¶The meaning ‘synonymous’ given in modern dictionaries appears to be unsupported; but cf. synonymical adj. 1. B. n. The study of synonyms, as a department of grammar. [Compare French synonymique, German synonymik.] Also synoˈnymics n. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > linguistics > semantics > synonymy > [noun] > synonym > study of synonymic1857 1857 J. W. Gibbs Philol. Stud. 220 It is the business of synonymic merely to notice the distinctions actually existing, not to create them, or to anticipate their origin. 1909 Cent. Dict. Suppl. Suppl., Synonymics. 1939 W. E. Collinson in Trans. Philol. Soc. 54 (title) Comparative synonymics: some principles and illustrations. 1939 W. E. Collinson in Trans. Philol. Soc. 58 The first principle I venture to set up in synonymics..[is that] ‘one must never be content with studying synonyms as isolated items’. 1962 H. M. Hoenigswald in F. W. Householder & S. Saporta Probl. Lexicogr. 103 Some works, like Dornseiff's monstrous Wortschatz or like other thesauri of synonymics are arranged according to semantic areas. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1919; most recently modified version published online June 2018). < adj.n.1816 |
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