adumbrativeadj.

Brit.

/aˈdʌmbrətɪv/, U.S.

/əˈdəmbrədɪv/

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin adumbrativus.

Etymology: < post-classical Latin adumbrativus (1556 or earlier) < classical Latin adumbrāt- , past participial stem of adumbrāre adumbrate v. + -īvus -ive suffix.

That is a prefiguration, foreshadowing, or early indication (of something); symbolic.

ΘΚΠ

society > communication > indication > [adjective] > indicating or indicative of > slightly

adumbrative1751

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > hiding, concealing from view > keeping from knowledge > hidden or indirect meaning > [adjective]

covert1393

sidelinga1500

implieda1535

insinuate1534

understood1576

implicative1602

insinuated1605

reserved1607

whispered1608

interpretative1610

implicit1613

tacit1637

tacid1651

adumbrative1751

inexplicit1827

inexpress1871

1751 B. Holloway Originals Physical & Theol. I. 403 That he shou'd be Priest and Intercessor for ever, after the Order, and then—covert and adumbrative Revelation.

1858 J. Kitto Daily Bible Illustr. Morn. Ser. III. 149 They are remarkably typical or adumbrative of that larger and greater work of God in the soul of man.

1862 T. Carlyle Hist. Friedrich II of Prussia III. xiv. iii. 640 ‘Bob Monopoly, the late Tallyman’ (adumbrative for Walpole, late Prime Minister).

1901 Atlantic Monthly Aug. 213/2 Without indorsing Gray's opinion that the Journal was a most valuable work, we can see that it was adumbrative of the marvelous biography which appeared a quarter of a century later.

1983 E. T. Hall Dance of Life x. 169 People are usually able to read adumbrative cues in each other's behavior.

2009 M. Green Milton's Ovidian Eve vi. 180 Ceres in her mediatory and suffering role is adumbrative of Christ.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	adumbrative
释义	adumbrativeadj. Brit. /aˈdʌmbrətɪv/, U.S. /əˈdəmbrədɪv/ Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin adumbrativus. Etymology: < post-classical Latin adumbrativus (1556 or earlier) < classical Latin adumbrāt- , past participial stem of adumbrāre adumbrate v. + -īvus -ive suffix. That is a prefiguration, foreshadowing, or early indication (of something); symbolic. ΘΚΠ society > communication > indication > [adjective] > indicating or indicative of > slightly adumbrative1751 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > hiding, concealing from view > keeping from knowledge > hidden or indirect meaning > [adjective] covert1393 sidelinga1500 implieda1535 insinuate1534 understood1576 implicative1602 insinuated1605 reserved1607 whispered1608 interpretative1610 implicit1613 tacit1637 tacid1651 adumbrative1751 inexplicit1827 inexpress1871 1751 B. Holloway Originals Physical & Theol. I. 403 That he shou'd be Priest and Intercessor for ever, after the Order, and then—covert and adumbrative Revelation. 1858 J. Kitto Daily Bible Illustr. Morn. Ser. III. 149 They are remarkably typical or adumbrative of that larger and greater work of God in the soul of man. 1862 T. Carlyle Hist. Friedrich II of Prussia III. xiv. iii. 640 ‘Bob Monopoly, the late Tallyman’ (adumbrative for Walpole, late Prime Minister). 1901 Atlantic Monthly Aug. 213/2 Without indorsing Gray's opinion that the Journal was a most valuable work, we can see that it was adumbrative of the marvelous biography which appeared a quarter of a century later. 1983 E. T. Hall Dance of Life x. 169 People are usually able to read adumbrative cues in each other's behavior. 2009 M. Green Milton's Ovidian Eve vi. 180 Ceres in her mediatory and suffering role is adumbrative of Christ. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.1751
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