literoseadj.

Brit.

/ˈlɪtərəʊs/, U.S.

/ˈlɪdəˌroʊs/

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin litterōsus.

Etymology: < classical Latin litterōsus well versed in literature, cultured, erudite < littera letter n.¹ + -ōsus -ose suffix¹.

rare.

Literary in a studied or affected way.In quot. 1859 apparently: full of letters, elaborate.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > ornateness > [adjective] > laboured or pedantic

tricked1549

pedantical1592

laboured1613

pedantic1631

laborious1657

stiff1664

long-nebbed1818

stiltified1820

stiltish1824

overwrought1839

uncolloquial1840

stilty1845

Ollendorffian1848

literose1859

stilted1874

Hisperic1904

1859 Athenaeum 12 Nov. 628/2 The whole subject of substituting the Roman character for the illegible, difficult, and, to coin a word for the occasion, literose alphabets of India.

1888 W. D. Howells in Harper's Mag. Feb. 479/2 Daudet is always literose.

1928 G. J. Nathan Art of Night 9 Don't be afraid of slang if it will make your point better and more forcibly than literose expression.

1998 Jrnl. Amer. Oriental Soc. 118 566/2 Less successful, but similarly literose, are ‘commentary ad literam’..whatever that may be; and ‘questiones’ and ‘sophismata’.

Derivatives

liteˈrosity n. the quality of being literary in this manner.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > ornateness > [noun] > laboured or pedantic quality > literarism

literaryism1879

literosity1887

literarism1893

1887 Harper's Mag. Sept. 640/2 What is notable in all the descriptions is the absence of literosity.

1981 W. Alexander William Dean Howells ii. 49 By the same token, prose style and dialogue must avoid literosity and affectation.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	literose
释义	literoseadj. Brit. /ˈlɪtərəʊs/, U.S. /ˈlɪdəˌroʊs/ Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin litterōsus. Etymology: < classical Latin litterōsus well versed in literature, cultured, erudite < littera letter n.¹ + -ōsus -ose suffix¹. rare. Literary in a studied or affected way.In quot. 1859 apparently: full of letters, elaborate. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > ornateness > [adjective] > laboured or pedantic tricked1549 pedantical1592 laboured1613 pedantic1631 laborious1657 stiff1664 long-nebbed1818 stiltified1820 stiltish1824 overwrought1839 uncolloquial1840 stilty1845 Ollendorffian1848 literose1859 stilted1874 Hisperic1904 1859 Athenaeum 12 Nov. 628/2 The whole subject of substituting the Roman character for the illegible, difficult, and, to coin a word for the occasion, literose alphabets of India. 1888 W. D. Howells in Harper's Mag. Feb. 479/2 Daudet is always literose. 1928 G. J. Nathan Art of Night 9 Don't be afraid of slang if it will make your point better and more forcibly than literose expression. 1998 Jrnl. Amer. Oriental Soc. 118 566/2 Less successful, but similarly literose, are ‘commentary ad literam’..whatever that may be; and ‘questiones’ and ‘sophismata’. Derivatives liteˈrosity n. the quality of being literary in this manner. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > ornateness > [noun] > laboured or pedantic quality > literarism literaryism1879 literosity1887 literarism1893 1887 Harper's Mag. Sept. 640/2 What is notable in all the descriptions is the absence of literosity. 1981 W. Alexander William Dean Howells ii. 49 By the same token, prose style and dialogue must avoid literosity and affectation. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1859
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