Wordscape
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 A landscape constructed from words or language; a word collage.
- 2 The whole lexicon (word-stock) of a language conceived as such a landscape or collage. broadly, figuratively
"[…] we wonder whether the phrase might not be some mis-translation or a misprint […], but no matter, the phrase as is has a certain ring to it and bids fair to be a part of our wordscape for the foreseeable future. So we accept the reality of the notion and imagine that perhaps, like leprechauns, it survives only in Ireland."
Example
More examples"[…] we wonder whether the phrase might not be some mis-translation or a misprint […], but no matter, the phrase as is has a certain ring to it and bids fair to be a part of our wordscape for the foreseeable future. So we accept the reality of the notion and imagine that perhaps, like leprechauns, it survives only in Ireland."
Etymology
From word + -scape.
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