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单词 out-corner
释义

out-cornern.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: out- prefix, corner n.1
Etymology: < out- prefix + corner n.1
Obsolete.
An outlying, remote, or obscure corner or spot. Also figurative: an obscure or arcane area of knowledge.
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society > society and the community > social relations > lack of social communication or relations > retirement or seclusion > secluded place or place of seclusion > [noun] > out-of-the-way place
out-corner1530
out-place1530
by-corner1567
by-place1580
out-nook1605
by-part1707
by-nook1862
1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 250/2 Outcorner or secrete corner, reduyt.
1626 R. Bernard Isle of Man i. 14 Besides many Back-sides, By-lanes, and Out-corners, there are foure great streets.
1642 T. Fuller Holy State ii. ix. 82 Well skilled in some dark out-corners of Divinity.
1884 Amer. Jrnl. Math. 7 75 The diagonal of the Durfee-square terminates either at an ‘out-corner’..or at an ‘in-corner’.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online June 2020).
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