单词 | writ double |
释义 | > as lemmaswrit double (b) With large replaced by another complement, as writ double, writ small, etc. ΚΠ 1863 Freeman's Jrnl. (Dublin) 24 Oct. The most honeyed panegyrics, that ever flowed from the lips of Massilion over the bier of a dead Bourbon were modesty writ small compared to any articulate gentleman from New York or Boston. 1951 E. Barker Princ. Social & Polit. Theory i. 39 Corporativism may be defined as syndicalism writ double. 1959 Times 25 Feb. 11/2 This year's Defence White Paper..is last year's writ quietly. 2005 New Yorker 7 Nov. 120/2 It became the world writ small, miniature valleys and mountains, square inches of variegated detail. 2018 Philippines Daily Inquirer (Nexis) 4 Apr. What we see today on the internet is a kind of Gresham's law writ global as bad ideas and fake news drive away the good, reliable ones. < as lemmas |
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