colophonn.

Brit.

/ˈkɒləfən/,

/ˈkɒləfɒn/, U.S.

/ˈkɑləfən/,

/ˈkɑləˌfɑn/

Etymology: < late Latin colophōn, < Greek κολοϕών summit, ‘finishing touch’.

†1. ‘Finishing stroke’, ‘crowning touch’. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > completing > [noun] > that which > finishing touch or crowning act

copestone1567

last hand1567

colophon1628

capstone1685

grace stroke1686

finishing stroke1695

coup de grâce1699

touch-up1733

finish1779

crowner1815

coping-stone1860

grace note1922

topper1940

1628 R. Burton Anat. Melancholy (ed. 3) iii. iv. ii. i. 621 His Colophon is how to resist and represse Atheisme.

1635 J. Swan Speculum Mundi ix. §1. 427 He [sc. God] comes to the creation of man, and makes him the Colophon, or conclusion of all things else.

2. spec.

a. The inscription or device, sometimes pictorial or emblematic, formerly placed at the end of a book or manuscript, and containing the title, the scribe's or printer's name, date and place of printing, etc. Hence, from title page to colophon.In early times the colophon gave the information now given on the title page.

ΘΚΠ

society > communication > printing > printers' symbols and directions > [noun] > inscription at end of book with printer's name

colophon1774

society > communication > book > matter of book > [noun] > colophon or imprint

epigraph1633

colophon1774

imprint1790

imprimatur1970

1774 T. Warton Hist. Eng. Poetry I. iii. 140 The name and date of illuminator, in the following colophon, written in golden letters.

1778 T. Warton Hist. Eng. Poetry II. Addit. sig. d2 The volume has this colophon. ‘Here endeth the lyfe of the moost ferefullest and unmercyfullest and myschevous Robert the devill which was afterwards called the servaunt of our Lorde Jhesu Cryste. Emprinted in Fletestrete in [at] the sygne of the sonne by Wynkyn de Worde.’

1816 W. Scott Antiquary I. i. 16 The volume was uninjured and entire from title-page to colophon.

1852 A. De Morgan On Difficulty of Descr. Bks. (1902) 16 When the colophon, or final description, fell into disuse..since the title-page had become the principal direct means of identifying the book.

1884 G. A. Sala in Illustr. London News 31 May 519/2 A literary vampire—who collects nothing but title-pages and colophons.

b. = imprint n. 3. U.S.

ΚΠ

1930 Publishers' Weekly 19 Apr. 2113/1 The publishers must cut their lists and have their colophons stand for a particular quality which, in time, the bookseller will recognize and consider in his buying.

1948 Chicago Tribune 27 June iv. 5/1 The Wilson company uses the lighthouse for its colophon.

Derivatives

ˈcolophonize v. to provide with a colophon or tail-piece.

ΘΚΠ

society > communication > book > matter of book > [verb (transitive)] > colophon

colophonize1837

1837 F. Palgrave Merchant & Friar (1844) v. 186 The corrected slips of said speech, duly colophonized, ‘The honourable Member sat down amidst loud and repeated cheers’.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	colophon
释义	colophonn. Brit. /ˈkɒləfən/, /ˈkɒləfɒn/, U.S. /ˈkɑləfən/, /ˈkɑləˌfɑn/ Etymology: < late Latin colophōn, < Greek κολοϕών summit, ‘finishing touch’. †1. ‘Finishing stroke’, ‘crowning touch’. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > completing > [noun] > that which > finishing touch or crowning act copestone1567 last hand1567 colophon1628 capstone1685 grace stroke1686 finishing stroke1695 coup de grâce1699 touch-up1733 finish1779 crowner1815 coping-stone1860 grace note1922 topper1940 1628 R. Burton Anat. Melancholy (ed. 3) iii. iv. ii. i. 621 His Colophon is how to resist and represse Atheisme. 1635 J. Swan Speculum Mundi ix. §1. 427 He [sc. God] comes to the creation of man, and makes him the Colophon, or conclusion of all things else. 2. spec. a. The inscription or device, sometimes pictorial or emblematic, formerly placed at the end of a book or manuscript, and containing the title, the scribe's or printer's name, date and place of printing, etc. Hence, from title page to colophon.In early times the colophon gave the information now given on the title page. ΘΚΠ society > communication > printing > printers' symbols and directions > [noun] > inscription at end of book with printer's name colophon1774 society > communication > book > matter of book > [noun] > colophon or imprint epigraph1633 colophon1774 imprint1790 imprimatur1970 1774 T. Warton Hist. Eng. Poetry I. iii. 140 The name and date of illuminator, in the following colophon, written in golden letters. 1778 T. Warton Hist. Eng. Poetry II. Addit. sig. d2 The volume has this colophon. ‘Here endeth the lyfe of the moost ferefullest and unmercyfullest and myschevous Robert the devill which was afterwards called the servaunt of our Lorde Jhesu Cryste. Emprinted in Fletestrete in [at] the sygne of the sonne by Wynkyn de Worde.’ 1816 W. Scott Antiquary I. i. 16 The volume was uninjured and entire from title-page to colophon. 1852 A. De Morgan On Difficulty of Descr. Bks. (1902) 16 When the colophon, or final description, fell into disuse..since the title-page had become the principal direct means of identifying the book. 1884 G. A. Sala in Illustr. London News 31 May 519/2 A literary vampire—who collects nothing but title-pages and colophons. b. = imprint n. 3. U.S. ΚΠ 1930 Publishers' Weekly 19 Apr. 2113/1 The publishers must cut their lists and have their colophons stand for a particular quality which, in time, the bookseller will recognize and consider in his buying. 1948 Chicago Tribune 27 June iv. 5/1 The Wilson company uses the lighthouse for its colophon. Derivatives ˈcolophonize v. to provide with a colophon or tail-piece. ΘΚΠ society > communication > book > matter of book > [verb (transitive)] > colophon colophonize1837 1837 F. Palgrave Merchant & Friar (1844) v. 186 The corrected slips of said speech, duly colophonized, ‘The honourable Member sat down amidst loud and repeated cheers’. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online March 2022). > see also also refers to : coloph-colophon-comb. form < n.1628 see also
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