单词 | triliteralism |
释义 | triliteralism in British English (traɪˈlɪtərəˌlɪzəm) noun (of Semitic languages) the use of roots that are triliteral triliteralism in American English (traiˈlɪtərəˌlɪzəm) noun the characteristic presence of triliteral roots in a language, as in the Semitic languages Word origin [1835–45; triliteral + -ism]This word is first recorded in the period 1835–45. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: basic, crosshead, cutaway, daisy chain, grandstand-ism is a suffix appearing in loanwords from Greek, where it was used to form action nounsfrom verbs (baptism). On this model, -ism is used as a productive suffix in the formation of nouns denoting action or practice,state or condition, principles, doctrines, a usage or characteristic, devotion oradherence, etc. (criticism; barbarism; Darwinism; despotism; plagiarism; realism; witticism; intellectualism) |
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