† metacismn.

Forms: 1600s 1800s metacism (rare), 1800s mytacism (in dictionaries).

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin metacismus, moetacismus.

Etymology: < post-classical Latin metacismus (6th cent.), mytacismus (5th cent.), variants of moetacismus (3rd cent.) < ancient Greek μῦ mu n.¹ + -tacismus (in classical Latin iotacismus iotacism n.), with moe- for my- reflecting the later pronunciation of Greek. Compare later betacism n., lambdacism n., rhotacism n. Compare Italian metacismo (1598 in Florio).Compare the variant reading miotacismus for ἰωτακυσμός in classical Latin in some manuscripts of Quintilian's Inst. Oratoria. Compare earlier borrowing of post-classical Latin miotacismus into Old English:OE Byrhtferð Enchiridion (Ashm.) (1995) ii. i. 90 Hig prutlice gymað þæs miotacismus gefleard..and synt lyðre gesetnyssa, swylce ic þus cweðe, ‘bonum aurum’, þonne ic hyt sceolde þus todælan, ‘bonu aurum’. N.E.D. (1906) gives the pronunciation as (me·tăsiz'm) /ˈmɛtəsɪz(ə)m/.

Latin Grammar. Obsolete. rare.

In Latin prose composition: the pronunciation of a final m before a word beginning with a vowel, regarded as a fault by grammarians. Also: the placing of a word with a final m before a word with an initial m.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > disregard for truth, falsehood > inaccuracy, inexactness > incorrectness of language > [noun] > incorrect speech > from failure to elide

metacism1656

1656 T. Blount Glossographia Metacism, a fault in pronouncing.

1844 tr. St. Gregory's Morals on Job I. Epist. 11 I do not escape the collisions of metacism [L. non metacismi collisionem fugio].

1883 Ogilvie's Imperial Dict. (new ed.) Mytacism, in rhet. the too frequent use of the letter M.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2001; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	metacism
释义	† metacismn. Forms: 1600s 1800s metacism (rare), 1800s mytacism (in dictionaries). Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin metacismus, moetacismus. Etymology: < post-classical Latin metacismus (6th cent.), mytacismus (5th cent.), variants of moetacismus (3rd cent.) < ancient Greek μῦ mu n.¹ + -tacismus (in classical Latin iotacismus iotacism n.), with moe- for my- reflecting the later pronunciation of Greek. Compare later betacism n., lambdacism n., rhotacism n. Compare Italian metacismo (1598 in Florio).Compare the variant reading miotacismus for ἰωτακυσμός in classical Latin in some manuscripts of Quintilian's Inst. Oratoria. Compare earlier borrowing of post-classical Latin miotacismus into Old English:OE Byrhtferð Enchiridion (Ashm.) (1995) ii. i. 90 Hig prutlice gymað þæs miotacismus gefleard..and synt lyðre gesetnyssa, swylce ic þus cweðe, ‘bonum aurum’, þonne ic hyt sceolde þus todælan, ‘bonu aurum’. N.E.D. (1906) gives the pronunciation as (me·tăsiz'm) /ˈmɛtəsɪz(ə)m/. Latin Grammar. Obsolete. rare. In Latin prose composition: the pronunciation of a final m before a word beginning with a vowel, regarded as a fault by grammarians. Also: the placing of a word with a final m before a word with an initial m. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > disregard for truth, falsehood > inaccuracy, inexactness > incorrectness of language > [noun] > incorrect speech > from failure to elide metacism1656 1656 T. Blount Glossographia Metacism, a fault in pronouncing. 1844 tr. St. Gregory's Morals on Job I. Epist. 11 I do not escape the collisions of metacism [L. non metacismi collisionem fugio]. 1883 Ogilvie's Imperial Dict. (new ed.) Mytacism, in rhet. the too frequent use of the letter M. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2001; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1656
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