英语词汇circularity的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	circularity
词源	circularity n. "state or quality of being circular," 1580s, from circular (adj.) + -ity. Entries linking to circularity circular adj. late 14c., "round, having the form of a circle," from Anglo-French circuler, Old French circuler "circular" (14c., Modern French circulaire), from Latin circularis, from circulus "small ring" (see circle (n.)). Meaning "intended for circulation" is from 1650s. The metaphoric circular firing squad is attested by 1990. -ity word-forming element making abstract nouns from adjectives and meaning "condition or quality of being ______," from Middle English -ite, from Old French -ete (Modern French -ité) and directly from Latin -itatem (nominative -itas), suffix denoting state or condition, composed of -i- (from the stem or else a connective) + the common abstract suffix -tas (see -ty (2)). Roughly, the word in -ity usually means the quality of being what the adjective describes, or concretely an instance of the quality, or collectively all the instances; & the word in -ism means the disposition, or collectively all those who feel it. [Fowler] updated on December 11, 2017
随便看	self-complacent self-conceit self-concept self-confessed self-confidence self-confident self-congratulation self-conscious self-contained self-control self-criticism self-deception self-defense self-deluded self-denial self-deprecating self-deprecation self-depreciation self-destruct self-determination self-discipline self-educated self-effacing self-esteem self-evident

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circularity n.

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