单词 | idiomacy |
释义 | idiomacyn. Idiomatic quality, idiomaticity. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > a language > [noun] > distinctive character of a language propriety1550 idiom1573 idiotism1605 idiomacy1813 idiomaticism1825 feeling1875 idiomaticity1887 1813 Examiner 15 Mar. 170/2 Its pert slang and ungrammatical idiomacy. 1838 J. Pring Second Series of Kingdom Serm. xix. 480 The familiarity of some circumstances that here follow in the narrative and the idiomacy of others, induce me to omit their repetition. 1974 Luso-Brazilian Rev. 11 137 It would be difficult to improve upon it, particularly because of the pronounced difference between English and Portuguese syntax, grammar and idiomacy. 1996 J. H. Fisher Emergence Standard Eng. vi. 108 The idiomacy of Chaucer's verse is in contrast to the French texture of its vocabulary. 2000 Straits (Singapore) Times (Nexis) 23 Dec. Art is always away from the centre, always to the side of things. That accounts for its provocation, playfulness, idiomacy. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1813 |
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