单词 | circumstantiality |
释义 | circumstantialityn. 1. a. Circumstantial quality, attention to details, particularity. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > copiousness > [noun] > attention to details circumstance1509 particularity1638 minuteness1640 circumstantiality1731 circumstantialness1731 circumstancing1801 1731–6 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. Circumstantiality, the quality of that which is circumstantial. 1793 J. Boswell Life Johnson III. 590 Could..the many acts of humanity he performed..be displayed with equal circumstantiality. 1816 W. Scott Old Mortality i, in Tales of my Landlord 1st Ser. II. 20 So much had his narratives the circumstantiality of an eye-witness. 1878 J. Morley Diderot i. 88. b. concrete. A circumstantial matter, a detail. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > kind or sort > individual character or quality > the quality of being specific > [noun] > quality of being specific or detailed > a detail or particular circumstances?c1225 parcela1325 partya1393 specialc1405 particular?a1425 partc1425 specialityc1443 specialty1449 especialityc1460 particularity1528 respect1533 severals1606 especial1633 particularment1642 retail1644 instance1649 circumstantiality1854 1854 T. De Quincey On Murder Postscr., in Select. Grave & Gay IV. 102 The possibility of reconciling these incidents with other circumstantialities of the case. 1856 T. De Quincey Confessions Eng. Opium-eater (rev. ed.) in Select. Grave & Gay V. 88 Such trivial circumstantialities I notice. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online March 2019). < n.1731 |
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