Contextureとは 意味・読み方・使い方

名詞

contexture (countable かつ uncountable, 複数形 contextures)

1. A weaving together of parts.
2. A body or structure made by interweaving or assembling parts.
3. The arrangement and union of the constituent parts of a thing.
4. The structural character of a thing.
   • 1657, Henry Wotton, Characters of some Kings of England

     He was not of any delicate contexture; his limbs rather sturdy than dainty.

   • 1749, Henry Fielding, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling:

     Mr Blifil, I am confident, understands himself better than to think of seeing my niece any more this morning, after what hath happened. Women are of a nice contexture; and our spirits, when disordered, are not to be recomposed in a moment.

5. Context. (Can we add an example for this sense?)

動詞

contexture (三人称単数 現在形 contextures, 現在分詞 contexturing, 過去形および過去分詞形 contextured)

1. (transitive) To weave together.

参照

• “contexture” in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.