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Middle English
Etymology
Borrowed from Old French comparison, comparaison, from Latin comparātiō, comparātiōnem; equivalent to comparen + -isoun.[1]
Pronunciation
Noun
comparisoun (uncountable)
- The act of giving a thing similar or identical value to another; similitude in value.
- (more generally) Similitude, relation; the state of being similar.
- Comparison; the state of comparing or measuring.
- (rhetoric) A figure of speech relying on comparison.
- (grammar) Grammatical comparison (of adjectives and adverbs)
- (rare) A distinction; the state of having a distinct feature.
Descendants
References
- ^ “comparisǒun, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
- ^ Dobson, E. J. (1957) English pronunciation 1500-1700, second edition, volume II: Phonology, Oxford: Clarendon Press, published 1968, →OCLC, § 356, page 930: “Thus PresE [s] in comparison and garrison in place of the historical [z] shown by Hart and Bullokar […]”.