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单词 versal
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versaln.adj.1

Etymology: < Latin vers-, participial stem of vertĕre to turn (compare reversal ), associated with verse n.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈversal.
1. = versification n. 3. Obsolete. rare.
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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.
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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

/ˈvəːsəl/
Forms: Also 1700s 'versal.
Etymology: Colloquial abbreviation of universal adj. Compare later varsal adj.
? Obsolete.
1. Universal; whole. Usually coupled with world.
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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.
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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).
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