10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ABSONANT»
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absonant in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
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The Genius of Shakespeare
Most absonant and harsh: nay, your perfume, Which I smell hither, cheers not my
sense Like our field-violet's breath. (1.3.54-7) The rare sixteenth-cenmry word '
absonant' (meaning discordant) and the specificity of imagination which chooses
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The Quest for Cardenio: Shakespeare, Fletcher, Cervantes, ...
However, 'absonant' (meaning 'harsh', 'inharmonious', 'discordant') is not 'a
Shake— spearean coinage': OED records it from 1564 into the eighteenth
century. The doublet 'absonant and harsh' is of the Shakespearean kind,
coupling the ...
David Carnegie, Gary Taylor, 2012
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Shakesqueer: A Queer Companion to the Complete Works of ...
Despite his enormous vocabulary, Shakespeare never uses the word ''absonant.''
∞∫ Yet the term is particularly suggestive, not only for thinking about the
unwelcome words of the false lover, but also for the wider relations of desire the ...
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The Modern Anglo-Bengali Dictionary:
absonant. abstract. 4b'-s6-n5at, «(//. Discordant ; un- rcasonahlc ; ;5rfryf5I34; ^
fVPfS^i I •Jib-SOrb', 7'. t. 1. To drink in ; to imbibe (as a sponge) ; ft*ft«f *<!1 ; Otttl *
31 I 2. To swallow up ; Sflu ^51, 5111 ^fasl C*F5V I 3. To engross or engage ...
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A Dictionary of the Gaelic Language. - London, Bohn 1845
ABSOLUTORY, my'. А shaoral, a dh' fhuasglas, a mhaîtheas. ABSONANT, my. Mi
-clléillidh, neotlluîgseaeh, mi-reusantn, banth. ABSONOUS, my'. See Absonant.
Mifhonnmhor, neo-bhinn. ABSORB, и. a. Sluig suns; неофит", leíg sins, sùgh, ...
Norman Macleod, Daniel Dewar, 1845
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Shakespeare as Collaborator
16–8) The following lines contain a word, absonant, never use d by Shakespeare
, but the kind of word which he did use in his last period, together with a typical
Shakespearian contrast between an artificial perfume and the scent of the violet:
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A complete dictionary of the english and german languages ...
9Iotbroenbígfett(t[ebre, f- Absolutory, аЬ-воГ-A-tnr-re, Absol vatory , â Ь-яоТ-vA-
tür- re, adj. Ictfytttynb. Absolve, ab-zílv', т. a. frei (ргефгп (con ..., from,of...), erlaf»
fen: abfoloíren. [(ргсфег, m. Absolver, Ab-zoT-vñr, s. Soë» Absonant, Äb'-eA-nant,
...
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Philologia Anglicana: or, a Philological and synonymical ...
The beat of a drum is quite absonant to the blast of a trumpet; the roar of the sea
to the murmur of a stream; the howling of a wolf to the screams of'a cat,” and the
like. I! .tion. 2. “ The'tone of condolence is most absonant to that of congratula— ...
Benjamin DAWSON (Rector of Burgh, Suffolk.), 1806
When the intcntion is hysically discordant, the form-atoptcd should be absonous,
absonant being reserved for that which is morally contrartant. SlN. Dissonant.
Discordant. Contrnrllnt. llqiugltultl. Intonsonunt. Inhnrmanhunt. incompatible.
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Origins: A Short Etymological Dictionary of Modern English
Of thenumerous L prefixcpds ofsonāre, thefollaffect E: absonāre, to sound
discordantly, with presp absonans, o/s absonant, whence the E adj absonant,
discordant; adsonāre, usu assimilated as assonāre, tosoundadortowards, to echo
, hence, ...
5 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ABSONANT»
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absonant is used in the context of the following news items.
Eagulls, Twin Peaks @ Mercury Lounge: May 13, 2014
Two similarly absonant and frenzied bands, Twin Peaks and Eagulls, stormed the stage early Tuesday evening at a sold-out Mercury Lounge, ... «CMJ, May 14»
The Mic Is Mightier Than The Sword: Anne-James Chaton Interviewed
... see guitarists Thurston Moore and Andy Moor locking antlers before Chaton re-takes the stage in a trio with the pair of absonant improvisers. «The Quietus, Jul 13»
The Meaning of Gary, Indiana
If today we are tempted to dismiss Gary as an absonant case in the annals of American urban history, we should think about the symbolic ... «Rust Wire, Feb 13»
That's Rather Hideous
There's too much toile, a plethora of plaid, glaring gingham, florid floral prints, dizzying drapes, absonant artwork and recrementitious rugs (we ... «Curbed Hamptons, Jul 12»
William Shakespeare's lost 18th Century play Double Falsehood 'not …
“A small example is the word 'absonant' which appears in the first act of Double Falsehood. It means displeasing to the ear, harsh or discordant ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Mar 10»
