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plurisign|ˈplʊərɪsaɪn|
[f. pluri- + sign n.]
A ‘sign’ or word used with more than one meaning simultaneously: opp. monosign. Hence plurisigˈnation, pluriˈsignative a., pluriˈsignatively adv. Also ˌplurisignifiˈcation.
1940Kenyon Rev. II. 266 The atomic ingredient of poetic language tends to be the plurisign. Ibid. 268 We may distinguish three types of simultaneous plurisignation. Ibid. 282 There is also a third important dimension, which may be called the dimension of plurisignative fullness, or poetic richness. Ibid. 504 The realm of poetry-connotation-plurisignification. 1954P. Wheelwright Burning Fountain iv. 61 The poetic symbol tends.. to be plurisignative. Ibid. vi. 106 In plurisignation, a single verbal expression carries two or more meanings simultaneously. Ibid. vii. 149 A serious metaphoric pun, a poetic plurisign. Ibid. x. 217 The directions of mythic reference which..make a tragic action plurisignatively meaningful. 1964J. Stone Legal System & Lawyers' Reasonings i. 34 (heading) ‘Law properly so-called’ and plurisignation of words. 1965Encycl. Poetry 760/1 The depth symbol tends to be plurisignative; which is to say, its intended meanings are likely to be more or less multiple, yet so fused as to produce an integral meaning which radically transcends the sum of the ingredient meanings. |