单词 | hysterosis |
释义 | † hysterosisn. Grammar and Rhetoric. Obsolete. The inversion of the logical or conventional order of elements in speech or writing, esp. for rhetorical effect, e.g. I die! I faint! I fail!; an instance of this. Cf. hysteron proteron n. 1. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > figure of speech > figures of structure or thought > [noun] > inversion > unusual or abnormal hysterology1555 hysteron proteron1555 hysterosis1600 prothysteron1886 1600 R. A. Briefe Chronol. Holy Script. 3 Iapheth hath the first place giuen to him by an hysterosis or backwardnesse of order, familiar to the scriptures. 1623 W. Lisle in tr. Ælfric Saxon Treat. Old & New Test. To Rdr. 15 He speakes by Hysterosis or Anachronisme (a figure much vsed in Historie, yea euen in the Bible). a1661 T. Fuller Worthies (1662) Bedf. 121 Mean time we take notice of an Usterosis, beholding R. Basset (though first named) as his Under-Sheriff. 1881 W. B. A. Burrows Homiletical Comm. Bk. Esther ii. 51/1 There seems to be an hysterosis in the words, ‘Repent thee of thy remissness, laziness, lukewarmness, and learn by that thou sufferest to be zealous of good works’. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2020; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1600 |
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