单词 | wordhoard |
释义 | wordhoardn. Originally poetic. A store of words; (in later use esp.) the vocabulary of a person, group, or language.In modern use first appearing in translations of or references to the Old English word; now in more general use, although still somewhat archaic. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > linguistics > linguistic unit > word > [noun] > words collectively vocabulary wordhoardeOE vocabulary1701 wordage1829 word-stock1858 wordlore1904 lexicon1933 lexis1960 vocab1971 eOE Metres of Boethius (partly from transcript of damaged MS) vi. 1 Ða se wisdom eft wordhord onleac, sang soðcwidas. OE Beowulf (2008) 259 Him se yldesta andswarode, werodes wisa, wordhord onleac. 1842 B. Thorpe tr. Codex Exoniensis 313 List what to me a prudent sage..Said, a wise messenger,..His word-hoard disclos'd. 1850 M. F. Tupper tr. King Alfred's Poems 27 Then did Wisdom again Unlock his word-hoard well. 1869 W. Barnes Early England & Saxon-English 130 A Hoard, as herd, is a kind of gathering of any kind of things, as..Word-hoard—Vocabulary. 1939 L. Bacon Semi-centennial iii. 38 The rite properly initiated, he unlocked his word-hoard. 1961 Webster's 3rd New Internat. Dict. Eng. Lang. Pref. 6a/1 Books consulted in the Springfield City Library whose librarians have..given the editorial staff..access to its large and valuable word-hoard. 1966 Listener 24 Nov. 779/2 Thomas was immensely proud of his bulging word-hoard. 1999 K. Jackson Invisible Forms 106 The archaised wordhoard of Furnivall & Co. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.eOE |
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