| 释义 |
ˈPlinyism rare.
[f. Pliny (see Plinian) + -ism.]
A statement of dubious correctness, such as some found in Pliny's Natural History.
1702C. Mather Magn. Chr. iii. ii. iii. (1852) 368 Of which 'twill be no Plinyism to observe..that it flowers the first of all trees. Ibid. xix. 442 There is frequently..much likeliness between a Plinyism and a fable. |
