| 释义 |
portmanˈtologism
[f. portmanteau n. 4 b + -ology + -ism.]
= portmanteau n. 4 b. Hence portmanˈtologist, one who utters or studies portmanteau words.
1887Spectator 9 Apr. 492/2 An allusion to the ‘Torrible Zone’ which is one of the most beautiful of portmantologisms. 1920T. Nicklin Sounds of Stand. Eng. 85 Sometimes we may surmise that these constructions are what may be called ‘portmantologisms’. 1934Times 16 Mar. 15/5, I wonder how many ‘portmantologists’ realize that the Russian language as spoken in the U.S.S.R. is resorting more and more to the invention of portmantologisms. |