counterpole en · NOUN
Etymology
From counter- + pole.
Meanings
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The exact opposite.
It is enough to say, that it [German prose] offers the counterpole to the French style.
1840, Thomas De Quincey, “Style”, in Critical Suggestions on Style and Rhetoric with German Tales and Other Narrative Papers (De Quincey’s Works; XI), London: James Hogg & Sons, published 1859, →OCLC, part I, page 191:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| counterpoles | Number=Plur | lexicographic |