单词 | dot of an i |
释义 | > as lemmasdot of (on) an i a. simply. (The plural appears as Is, I's, is, i's.) I per se, or I per se I, the letter I by itself forming a word, esp. the pronoun I. Also figurative esp. in dot of (on) an i, to put the dots on the i's, to dot the (one's) i's: see dot v.1 1b. ΚΠ OE Ælfric Gram. 5 Gyf þu cwyst nu iudex, þonne byð se i consonans. OE Ælfric Gram. (St. John's Oxf.) 5 Of ðam [stafum] syndon fif vocales, þæt synd clypiendlice: a, e, i, o, u. c1450 Poem against Friars i, in T. Wright & J. O. Halliwell Reliquiæ Antiquæ (1845) I. 322 With an I. and an O. thai praysen not Seynt Poule. c1450 Poem against Friars ii With an O. and an I. men weven that thai wede. ?1533 G. Du Wes Introductorie for to lerne Frenche sig. Bi Ye shal pronounce..your i, as sharpe as can be. 1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum sig. M.iiij I, Letter is as wel a consonante as a vowell. 1622 J. Mabbe tr. M. Alemán Rogue ii. iii. ii. 226 I only was compleat; I was I per se I; I was like a Rule, without exception. 1669 W. Holder Elem. Speech 95 Our vulgar (i) as in (stile) seems to be..a Dipthong..composed of a, i, or e, i, and not a simple Original Vowel. 1711 J. Greenwood Ess. Pract. Eng. Gram. 240 No English Word ends in I, but has always an E after it, as easie..tho' now ie is frequently changed into y. 1728 E. Chambers Cycl. (at cited word) That Verse in Virgil, Accipiunt inimicum imbrem, rimisque fatiscunt; Which abounds in i's, is generally admired. 1890 J. H. Stirling Gifford Lect. xvi. 317 It is but a logical breathing: a logical dot on a logical i. 1892 Law Rep.: Chancery Div. 2 486 He must..have full notice. But there is no regulation as to what t's are to be crossed or what i's are to be dotted in the notice to be given. < as lemmas |
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