单词 | proper name |
释义 | > as lemmasproper name proper name n. [compare Old French propri nom (1155; Middle French, French nom propre)] a name, consisting of a proper noun or noun phrase including a proper noun, that designates an individual person, place, organization, tame animal, ship, etc., and is usually written with an initial capital letter. A proper name may receive a connotation from the qualities of a person or thing named, and thus may be used as a common noun, as a Hercules, a Calvary, etc. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > linguistics > study of grammar > a part of speech > noun > [noun] > proper noun proper namec1300 proper noun?a1500 c1300Propre name [see sense A. 3a]. a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1876) VI. 159 (MED) Þo his propre name was i-chaunged, as it happeþ in confirmacioun of children. Promptorium Parvulorum (Harl. 221) 6 Adam, propyr name, Adam. 1582 R. Mulcaster 1st Pt. Elementarie xvii. 109 As for their place, the great letters ar to begin full sentences, as. The kingdom of heauen is redie for the repentant. And proper names, as. The cursed Cain killed the good Abell. 1690 J. Locke Ess. Humane Understanding iii. iii. 190 If we had Reason to mention particular Horses, as often as..particular Men, we should have proper Names for the one, as familiar as for the other; and Bucephalus would be a Word as much in use, as Alexander. 1720 D. Waterland 8 Serm. Divinity of Christ 117 Supposing Jehovah to be meerly a proper name. 1843 J. S. Mill Syst. Logic I. i. v. §2 Proper names have strictly no meaning: they are mere marks for individual objects. 1917 E. Wharton Summer i. 17 ‘I saw you going into her house just now, didn't I?’ she asked, with the New England avoidance of the proper name. 2006 Times Colonist (Victoria, Brit. Columbia) (Nexis) 22 Feb. c8 Confidentiality is guaranteed; proper names, company identity and distinguishing points of reference are changed to protect anonymity. < as lemmas |
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