单词 | alternity |
释义 | alternity rare.|ælˈtɜːnɪtɪ, ɒl-| [f. L. altern-us (see altern) + -ity. Cf. eternity.] †1. Alternateness, alternation. Obs.
1646Sir T. Browne Pseud. Ep. iii. i. 105 In a continuall motion, without..alternity and vicissitude of rest. 1755in Johnson; and in mod. Dicts. 2. In Welsh prosody:
1856J. Williams Gram. Edeyrn §1758 What is alternity? The counterchange of vowels, and correspondency of consonants, occurring in the rhymes of the systich..When an alternity ends in vowels not followed by consonants, the same is called semi-alternity. |

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