occupation.

Brit.

/ɒkjʊˈpeɪʃɪəʊ/,

/ɒkjʊˈpɑːtɪəʊ/, U.S.

/ˌɑkjəˈpɑd(i)oʊ/,

/ˌɑkjəˈpeɪʃ(i)oʊ/

Forms: 1500s occupatia (irregular), 1500s 1900s– occupatio.

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

Etymology: < classical Latin occupātiō occupation n.

Rhetoric.

= preterition n. 1.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > figure of speech > figures of structure or thought > [noun] > emphasis by pretending to omit

occupatio1550

occupation1550

paralipsis1550

passenger1589

preteritiona1602

apophasis1656

reticence1686

pretermission1728

1550 R. Sherry Treat. Schemes & Tropes sig. Dvi Occupatia, occupacion is, when we make as though we do not knowe, or wyl not know of y^e thyng y^t wee speke of most of al.

1586 A. Day Eng. Secretorie (1625) ii. 95 Paralepsis or Occupatio, when in seeming to ouer-passe, omit, or let-slip a thing, we then chiefly speake thereof.

1928 C. S. Baldwin Medieval Rhetoric & Poetic x. 296 The whole long passage is the ‘colour’ occupatio (præteritio). The shorter occupatio in the Squire's Tale (F63–75) suggests sarcasm less by itself than in its connection with lines 32–40 and 401–408.

1968 J. A. W. Bennett Chaucer's Bk. of Fame ii. 94 But the didactic bird is not to be thwarted utterly, and launches..into an occupatio summarizing the lore in Ovid's Fasti.

1993 J. Hines Fabliau in Eng. (BNC) 84 So does her subsequent appropriation of a rhetorical device, the occupatio, a statement emphasized by the speaker feigning unwillingness or lack of freedom to express it.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	occupatio
释义	occupation. Brit. /ɒkjʊˈpeɪʃɪəʊ/, /ɒkjʊˈpɑːtɪəʊ/, U.S. /ˌɑkjəˈpɑd(i)oʊ/, /ˌɑkjəˈpeɪʃ(i)oʊ/ Forms: 1500s occupatia (irregular), 1500s 1900s– occupatio. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin occupātiō. Etymology: < classical Latin occupātiō occupation n. Rhetoric. = preterition n. 1. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > figure of speech > figures of structure or thought > [noun] > emphasis by pretending to omit occupatio1550 occupation1550 paralipsis1550 passenger1589 preteritiona1602 apophasis1656 reticence1686 pretermission1728 1550 R. Sherry Treat. Schemes & Tropes sig. Dvi Occupatia, occupacion is, when we make as though we do not knowe, or wyl not know of y^e thyng y^t wee speke of most of al. 1586 A. Day Eng. Secretorie (1625) ii. 95 Paralepsis or Occupatio, when in seeming to ouer-passe, omit, or let-slip a thing, we then chiefly speake thereof. 1928 C. S. Baldwin Medieval Rhetoric & Poetic x. 296 The whole long passage is the ‘colour’ occupatio (præteritio). The shorter occupatio in the Squire's Tale (F63–75) suggests sarcasm less by itself than in its connection with lines 32–40 and 401–408. 1968 J. A. W. Bennett Chaucer's Bk. of Fame ii. 94 But the didactic bird is not to be thwarted utterly, and launches..into an occupatio summarizing the lore in Ovid's Fasti. 1993 J. Hines Fabliau in Eng. (BNC) 84 So does her subsequent appropriation of a rhetorical device, the occupatio, a statement emphasized by the speaker feigning unwillingness or lack of freedom to express it. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1550
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