periergian.

Brit.

/ˌpɛrɪˈəːdʒ(ɪ)ə/, U.S.

/ˌpɛriˈərdʒiə/

Forms:

α. 1500s 1700s– periergia.

β. 1700s–1800s periergy.

Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Partly a borrowing from Greek. Etymons: Latin periergia; Greek περιεργία.

Etymology: < classical Latin periergia excessively elaborate rhetorical style (Quintilian) and its etymon Hellenistic Greek περιεργία, already in ancient Greek denoting futility, needless questioning, curiosity, useless learning < περίεργος curious, superfluous, excessively elaborate, in Hellenistic Greek especially of rhetorical style, and in sense ‘taking needless trouble’ ( < περι- peri- prefix + ἔργον work: see erg n.¹) + -ία -ia suffix¹; compare -y suffix³.

Now rare.

1. Chiefly Rhetoric. The use of an excessively elaborate or elevated style to discuss a trivial matter; bombastic or laboured language.

ΘΚΠ

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

periergia1550

pedantism1592

stiffness1638

pedantry1841

non-naturalism1895

1550 R. Sherry Treat. Schemes & Tropes sig. Ci Periergia. Sedulitas superflua, when ther is in speakyng to much diligence and curiositye, and the sentence ouerladen with superfluous wordes.

1577 H. Peacham Garden of Eloquence sig. Giii^v Periergia, when in a small matter, there is to much laboure bestowed, and to many words and figures vsed.

1589 G. Puttenham Arte Eng. Poesie iii. xxii. 216 Therefore the Greekes call it Periergia, we call it ouer-labor, iumpe with the originall: or rather [the curious] for his ouermuch curiositie and studie to shew himselfe fine in a light matter.

1823 G. Crabb Universal Technol. Dict. Periergy (Rhet.).., a bombastic or laboured style.

1969 Amer. Notes & Queries June 157/2 The same mentality must also be ascribed to those who would eschew ‘over-elaboration’ in favour of ‘periergia’.

†2. Excessive care or caution. Obsolete.

ΚΠ

1722 J. Quincy Lexicon Physico-medicum (ed. 2) 339/2 Periergia, is any needless Caution or Trouble in an Operation.

1792 P. W. Fogg Elementa Anglicana I. 82 Periergy, round about work, needless caution.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	periergia
释义	periergian. Brit. /ˌpɛrɪˈəːdʒ(ɪ)ə/, U.S. /ˌpɛriˈərdʒiə/ Forms: α. 1500s 1700s– periergia. β. 1700s–1800s periergy. Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Partly a borrowing from Greek. Etymons: Latin periergia; Greek περιεργία. Etymology: < classical Latin periergia excessively elaborate rhetorical style (Quintilian) and its etymon Hellenistic Greek περιεργία, already in ancient Greek denoting futility, needless questioning, curiosity, useless learning < περίεργος curious, superfluous, excessively elaborate, in Hellenistic Greek especially of rhetorical style, and in sense ‘taking needless trouble’ ( < περι- peri- prefix + ἔργον work: see erg n.¹) + -ία -ia suffix¹; compare -y suffix³. Now rare. 1. Chiefly Rhetoric. The use of an excessively elaborate or elevated style to discuss a trivial matter; bombastic or laboured language. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > ornateness > [noun] > laboured or pedantic quality periergia1550 pedantism1592 stiffness1638 pedantry1841 non-naturalism1895 1550 R. Sherry Treat. Schemes & Tropes sig. Ci Periergia. Sedulitas superflua, when ther is in speakyng to much diligence and curiositye, and the sentence ouerladen with superfluous wordes. 1577 H. Peacham Garden of Eloquence sig. Giii^v Periergia, when in a small matter, there is to much laboure bestowed, and to many words and figures vsed. 1589 G. Puttenham Arte Eng. Poesie iii. xxii. 216 Therefore the Greekes call it Periergia, we call it ouer-labor, iumpe with the originall: or rather [the curious] for his ouermuch curiositie and studie to shew himselfe fine in a light matter. 1823 G. Crabb Universal Technol. Dict. Periergy (Rhet.).., a bombastic or laboured style. 1969 Amer. Notes & Queries June 157/2 The same mentality must also be ascribed to those who would eschew ‘over-elaboration’ in favour of ‘periergia’. †2. Excessive care or caution. Obsolete. ΚΠ 1722 J. Quincy Lexicon Physico-medicum (ed. 2) 339/2 Periergia, is any needless Caution or Trouble in an Operation. 1792 P. W. Fogg Elementa Anglicana I. 82 Periergy, round about work, needless caution. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1550
随便看	uwc ux uxb uxes uxorial uxoriality uxoricidal uxoricide uxoricides uxorilocal uxorilocally uxorious uxoriously uxoriousness uxoriousnesses uyghur uyghurs uzbeg uzbek uzi uþwite v v aerial v and a v antenna