单词 | versal |
释义 | versaln.adj.1ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > poem or piece of poetry > other types of poem > [noun] > metrical version metrea1375 metro1619 versal1657 transversion1796 versification1821 1657 Bampfield in T. Burton Diary (1828) II. 222 Such..as they shall think fit to advise with, concerning the best versal of the Psalms. 1657 Bampfield in T. Burton Diary (1828) II. 222 The amendment of Mr. Sternhold and Mr. Hopkins's Versal of the Psalms. 2. A special style of ornate capital letter used at the beginning of a verse or paragraph, etc., esp. in an illuminated manuscript; in modern calligraphy applied to capitals built up by inking between pen strokes and having serifs in the form of long, thin, straight lines. Frequently attributive as adj. ΘΚΠ society > communication > writing > written text > decoration > [noun] > decorated letters red lettera1387 blooming (initial) letter1713 miniature initial1895 versal1895 bloomer1899 1895 E. F. Strange Alphabets ix. 257 (caption) Versal letters. 1895 E. F. Strange Alphabets ix. 258 The versal is [a letter]..at the beginning of a chapter or section thereof. 1906 E. Johnston Writing & Illuminating vii. 114 The earlier Versals had very simple and beautiful pen shapes... After the fourteenth century they were often..overdone with ornament. 1906 E. Johnston Writing & Illuminating xii. 205 In twelfth-century MSS. long delicate flourishes are commonly found, in red, blue, or green—matching the colours of the Versals. 1912 A. W. Pollard Fine Bks. vi. 84 The small red letters at the beginning of each verse of a psalm, sometimes called versals. 1979 T. Gourdie Calligr. Styles 53 Versal Capitals are a pen-built form of the ‘Trajan Roman’ and are normally used to begin verses and chapters but may also be used to make impressive panels of lettering. 1981 D. Mahoney Craft of Calligr. 90 A versal letter is built up with a definite number of pen strokes. 1981 D. Mahoney Craft of Calligr. 93 The stem width is the same in Versals of varying height. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1917; most recently modified version published online June 2019). versaladj.2 ? Obsolete. 1. Universal; whole. Usually coupled with world. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > [adjective] > constituting or comprising a whole aggregatec1400 totalc1400 universal?a1425 gross1523 versal1599 outright1845 1599 W. Shakespeare Romeo & Juliet ii. iii. 196 She lookes as pale as any clout in the versall world. View more context for this quotation 1664 S. Butler Hudibras: Second Pt. ii. iii. 197 Some for brevity, Have cast the Versal World's Nativity. 1781 R. B. Sheridan Trip to Scarborough iv. i That which they call pin-money, is to buy everything in the 'versal world. 2. Single; individual. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > kind or sort > individual character or quality > [adjective] > individual or single oneOE singularc1340 particulara1387 serea1400 serelepya1400 several1448 single?a1475 individual1593 numerical1643 versal1709 varsal1751 separate1907 1709 D. Manley Secret Mem. 151 She..had provided no versal Thing for the Child. 1717 Susanna Wesley in R. Southey Wesley (1820) I. 444 We are secluded from sight, or hearing, of any versal thing except Jeffrey. 1817 W. Scott Rob Roy II. i. 25 When every versal soul in the family were gone to bed. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1917; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.adj.11657adj.21599 |
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