单词 | reflexious |
释义 | reflexiousadj. rare. Of the nature of a reflection; reflective. Cf. reflectious adj. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > light > reflection > [adjective] faw?a1400 relusantc1400 relucentc1487 splendent1578 sparkling1590 reflecting1591 speculable1592 reflectent1644 reflective1658 reflexious1659 reflexivea1660 specular1661 reflectant1669 reverberant1733 catoptrica1774 reverberatory1790 1659 H. Hammond Paraphr. & Annot. Psalms (ed. 2) (Prov. x. 13) Paraphr. 457 Not by making vain ostentations reflexious on himself, boasting that he is not like other men, but in all humble and charitable and pious discourse. 1680 J. Aubrey in J. Walker Lett. Eminent Persons (1813) II. 255 But shee needed neither borrowed shades, nor reflexious lights, to set her off. 1956 T. H. Croxall tr. S. Kierkegaard Kierkegaard Comm. ii. 17 Existential dialectic, especially in double-reflexious form, cannot be directly communicated. 1960 Tennessee Hist. Q. 19 159 I..asked if he would write in ‘his distinguished signature’. ‘Distinguished signature’ he retorted with reflexious sarcasm. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1659 |
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