romanette

词形变化

romanettes 复数 romanettes

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A Roman numeral in lower case, such as “ii”, as frequently introduces list items; or, a list item introduced by such.

    美国 非正式 法律 媒体 印刷

    The court held that romanette (ii) of the statute in issue did not limit eligibility for legal relief.

    2000 January, Joseph Kimble, “A Modest Wish List for Legal Writing”, originally in TRIAL, reprinted in Michigan Bar Journal, Volume 79, Number 11 (November 2000), pages 1574–1577, In numbering, avoid roman numerals and romanettes (like iii). They are too much like a foreign language.

    MS. SAHARSKY: . . . not looking at this Romanette (i) and (ii), but just looking at that sentence. CHIEF JUSTICE ROBERTS: Romanette? MS. SAHARSKY: Oh, little Roman numeral. CHIEF JUSTICE ROBERTS: I've never heard that before. That's -- Romanette.

词源

From Roman (numeral) + -ette (“a diminutive”).

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