单词 | reiterance |
释义 | reiterancen. Repetition; (also) repetitiveness. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > copiousness > [noun] > repetition reiteration1589 repetitiousness1824 reiteratedness1830 reiterance1844 1844 H. E. Elvins Noah 103 If patriarchal or monarchic will Refuse to hear the bold reiterance Of claims so just,..Be not as slaves! 1872 in C. H. Spurgeon Treasury of David (1874) IV. Ps. lxxxviii. 8. 144 A tedious oft-told tale which comes with something of a dull reiterance. 1880 A. C. Swinburne Songs Springtides 213 His heart, Singing, bade heaven and wind and sea bear part In one live song's reiterance. 1896 C. G. D. Roberts Forge in Forest vi. 79 When the trees hid him we heard those ominous words wailed slowly over and over with the reiterance of a tolling bell. 1934 Sci. News Let. 3 Nov. 286/1 Secretary Wallace has been insisting, with a persistent reiterance worthy of one of his own favorite Old Testament prophets, that more of our acreage..should be put back into permanent grass. 1996 Union Leader (Manchester, New Hampsh.) (Nexis) 29 Mar. a15 Voters at the recent annual school district meeting failed to approve a $12,000 appropriation for the guidance counselor, despite reiterances of the state threat [to withhold aid]. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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