eftsoonery
名词 n.
英文释义
名词 n.
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The use of extremely obscure and archaic language.
— To the comic and the colloquial of Chaucer's art Mr. Krapp does full justice. Having undertaken to modernize Chaucer, he avoids the affectation of archaic words; he has no "eftsoonery." Some of his phrases are very modern indeed.
词形变化
词源
From eftsoon (or eftsoons) + -ery. Eftsoon, an archaic term meaning "once again" or "soon after", is itself an example of eftsoonery.
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