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单词 enthymematical
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enthymematicaladj.

Brit. /ˌɛnθᵻməˈmatᵻkl/, U.S. /ˌɛnθəməˈmædək(ə)l/
Forms: 1500s–1600s enthymematicall, 1600s– enthymematical.
Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin enthymematicus , -al suffix1.
Etymology: < post-classical Latin enthymematicus enthymematic adj. + -al suffix1.
Logic and Rhetoric.
Of an argument, sentence, etc.: that takes the form of an enthymeme, esp. in leaving one or more premises unstated (cf. enthymeme n. 1a, 1b); (also) of the nature of an enthymeme; consisting of or employing enthymemes; = enthymematic adj.
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1588 A. Fraunce Lawiers Logike ii. ix. f. 99 As of many graynes is made a heape of corne, so of many degrees an argument called Sorites by this enthymematicall progression.
?1637 T. Hobbes tr. Aristotle Briefe Art Rhetorique ii. xxii. 126 Enthymematicall; that is, have in themselves the force of an Enthymeme.
a1663 J. Bramhall Vindic. Himself (1672) iii. 27 I wish he would forbear these imperfect Enthymematical forms of arguing..and set down both his Propositions expressly.
1703 J. Gatherer tr. T. Craig Right of Succession to Kingdom Eng. i. xvii. 143 For proof of this, he puts an enthymematical interrogation.
1728 E. Chambers Cycl. at Enthymeme Sometimes..the two Propositions of an Enthymeme, are both included in a single Proposition; which Aristotle calls, an Enthymematical Sentence.
1847 Jrnl. Asiatic Soc. Bengal 16 i. 174 We almost invariably find a syllogism expressed in an enthymematical form.
1880 Mind 5 575 This argument..is really the enthymematical form of the deductive process.
1960 Compar. Lit. 12 9 The allegorical, enthymematical mode of expression..came to its last exuberant flower in the metaphysicals.
2011 Law & Philos. 30 193 In such contexts [statement] (11) will function as a compressed or enthymematical formula in which [statement] (4L) is simply assumed.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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