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intertexture

American  
[in-ter-teks-cher] / ˌɪn tərˈtɛks tʃər /

noun

  1. the act of interweaving or the condition of being interwoven.

  2. something formed by interweaving.


intertexture British  
/ ˌɪntəˈtɛkstʃə /

noun

  1. the act or process of interweaving or the condition of having been interwoven

  2. something that has been interwoven

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of intertexture

First recorded in 1640–50; inter- + texture


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But though accepting and enforcing the doctrine by showing that the 'mixture is too subtle, the intertexture too ineffable' to admit of expression, he condemns the style which is the best illustration of its truth.

From Hours in a Library, Volume I. (of III.) by Sir Leslie Stephen

It is for want of this artful intertexture, and those necessary changes, that the whole of a book may be tedious, though all the parts are praised.

From Lives of the Poets, Volume 1 by Samuel Johnson

At length, after walking a long way in the woods, we arrived at another thicket, through the intertexture of which was glimmering a pale rosy light.

From Phantastes, a Faerie Romance for Men and Women by George MacDonald

These, however, are all more or less intermingled, and with the greatest art; and there are numerous episodes of a like intertexture.

From Stories from the Italian Poets: with Lives of the Writers, Volume 2 by Torquato Tasso

The sense is carried on through a long intertexture of complicated clauses, and, as nothing is distinguished, nothing is remembered.

From Johnson's Lives of the Poets — Volume 2 by Samuel Johnson

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