单词 | antithet |
释义 | antithetn.ΚΠ 1580 T. North tr. Plutarch Lives (1676) 702 A figure of Rhetorick called Antitheton: which is, opposition. 1610 J. Healey tr. St. Augustine Citie of God 422 Contraposition, contention, or Antitheton is diversely used. 2. An instance of antithesis; an antithetic statement. ΚΠ a1661 B. Holyday tr. Persius Sat. 297 In smooth antitheta's his fault he weighs. 1857 C. Kingsley Two Years Ago III. viii. 244 Sunshine comes after storm..Equally true is the popular antithet, that misfortunes never come single. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > testing > refutation, disproof > [adjective] > put forward in opposition antitheta1734 a1734 R. North Examen (1740) i. ii. ⁋154 The antithet Topic used by the Plot-Mongers, when the Vility and Roguery of the Witnesses was made an objection, that only such could be privy to very bad Actions. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online November 2010). < |
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