intertexture

[ in-ter-teks-cher ]

noun

1. the act of interweaving or the condition of being interwoven.
2. something formed by interweaving.

intertexture

/ ˌɪntəˈtɛkstʃə /

noun

1. the act or process of interweaving or the condition of having been interwoven
2. something that has been interwoven

Word History and Origins

Origin of intertexture¹

First recorded in 1640–50; inter- + texture

Example Sentences

Intertexture, in-tėr-teks′tūr, n. a being interwoven.

From Project Gutenberg

The object of the former was to point out the general threads of primeval truth in the fabric of Paganism—that of the latter to trace the later and fanciful intertexture of superstition.

From Project Gutenberg

I know not where else in literature to look for a work which leaves such a strong impression on the reader's mind of the intertexture of human lives.

From Project Gutenberg

Now the co-presence of something regular, something to which the mind has been accustomed in various moods and in a less excited state, cannot but have great efficacy in tempering and restraining the passion by an intertexture of ordinary feeling, and of feeling not strictly and necessarily connected with the passion.

From Project Gutenberg

Then in the outskirts, where pollutions grow, Pick the rank henbane and the dusky flowers Of night-shade, or its red and tempting fruit, These with stopped nostril and glove-guarded hand 35 Knit in nice intertexture, so to twine, The illustrious brow of Scotch Nobility!

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