| 释义 |
terminant, a. (n.) Now rare or Obs.|ˈtɜːmɪnənt|
[ad. L. terminānt-em, pr. pple. of termināre to terminate.]
1. Terminating, concluding, final. Also as n. A final syllable, termination, terminal.
1589Puttenham Eng. Poesie ii. viii. (Arb.) 94 If one should rime to this word (Restore) he may not match him with (Doore) or (Poore) for neither of both are of like terminant, either by good orthography or in naturall sound. Ibid. 95 Gower..to make vp his rime would..write his terminant sillable with false orthographie. Ibid. iii. xvi. 185 Your clauses in prose should neither finish with the same nor with the like terminants.
†2. Determining, defining. Obs.
1603Holland Plutarch's Mor. 1044 The terminant and defining power loveth the universall and indivisible. a1610Healey Theophrastus (1636) To Rdr., There being certaine properties almost in every language, which cannot, word for word, in terms terminant be expressed in another. |